Managing Serviceguard Sixteenth Edition, March 2009

6 Configuring Packages and Their Services
Serviceguard packages group together applications and the services and resources they
depend on.
The typical Serviceguard package is a failover package that starts on one node but can
be moved (“failed over”) to another if necessary. See “What is Serviceguard? ” (page 29),
“How the Package Manager Works” (page 67), and “Package Configuration Planning
” (page 159) for more information.
You can also create multi-node packages, which run on more than one node at the
same time.
System multi-node packages, which run on all the nodes in the cluster, are supported
only for applications supplied by HP.
Before you begin, make sure you have done the necessary planning; see “Package
Configuration Planning ” (page 159).
Creating or modifying a package requires the following broad steps, each of which is
described in the sections that follow:
1. Decide on the package’s major characteristics and choose the modules you need
to include ((page 254)).
2. Generate the package configuration file (page 285).
3. Edit the configuration file (page 287).
4. Verify and apply the package configuration (page 291).
5. Add the package to the cluster (page 292).
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