Specifications

Server Configuration

Item Description

BIOS Updates The latest available BIOS should always be installed on all LifeKeeper servers.

Package Dependencies List for LifeKeeper 7.5 and Later

The following is a list of dependencies that may be necessary for the required packages in LifeKeeper

7.5 and later depending upon your OSdistribution.

IMPORTANT: The 32-bit versions of these packages are required.

Please note that there may be additional packages that must be installed to satisfy the dependencies

of this list.

bzip2 OR libbz2 OR bzip2-lib

glibc

iprouteORiproute2

iptables

iputils

libstdc++ OR libstdc++43

mktemp

nfs-utils OR nfs-kernel-server (if protecting NFS shares)

pam

zlib

Note: The ORs are the Linux OS distribution variances.

Please note that this list is not all inclusive. Depending on the base packages and Linux OS

distribution, additional package dependencies may be required. Also, if the configure script detects

that certain optional software components are installed, additional package dependencies may be

necessary.

You may want to consider using a repository-based package manager such as yum or zypper that is

designed to automatically resolve dependencies by searching in predefined software repositories,

thereby easing the installation of these required packages.

Confirm Failover and Block Resource Failover Settings

Make sure you review and understand the following descriptions, examples and considerations

before setting the Confirm Failover or Block Resource Failover in your LifeKeeper environment.

These settings are available from the command line or on the Properties panel in the LifeKeeper

GUI.

Confirm Failover On:

Definition – Enables manual failover confirmation from System A toSystem B (where System A is

the server whose properties are being displayed in the Properties Panel and System B is the system

to the left of the checkbox). If this option is set on a system, it will require a manual confirmation by a

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