Application Use Cases for the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite, November 2009

# PREPARATION: On application/package start memorize application process

# names or process identifier (PIDs)

# keep the list updated with monitor function if needed

# STEP 1: Graceful Shutdown Attempt

# Call proprietary application shutdown command first.

# e.g. “shutdown immediate” for Oracle database or

# “stopsap r3” for R/3 application server

# STEP 2: Wait for a configurable amount of time (grace period) to give

# native application shutdown procedure a chance to clean up.

# e.g. while [ grace period not over ]

# check for processes by name or PID

# if [ none are still running ]

# exit 0

# sleep 1

# done

# grace period expired, not all process halted proceed

# with STEP 3

# STEP 3: Try harder (kill -9) and wait for another configurable amount

# of time (kill_period) for processes to die.

# e.g. kill processes

# while [ kill_period not over ]

# check for processes by name or PID

# if [ none are still running ]

# exit 0

# sleep 1

# done

# kill period expired, not all process halted, return

# failure code to Serviceguard package control script