Managing Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux (IA64 Integrity and x86_64), February 2008

Understanding Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux
The Replicated Enqueue
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Dedicated Failover Host
More complicated clusters that consolidate a couple of SAP applications
often have a dedicated failover server. While each SAP application has its
own set of primary nodes, there is no need to also provide a failover node
for each of these servers. Instead there is one commonly shared
secondary node that is in principle capable to replace any single failed
primary node. Often, some or all of the primary nodes are partitions of a
large server.
Figure 1-4 Dedicated Failover Host
Figure 1-4 shows an example configuration. The dedicated failover host
can serve many purposes during normal operation. With the introduction
of Replicated Enqueue Servers, it is a good practice to consolidate a
number of Replicated Enqueues on the dedicated failover host. These
replication units can be halted at any time without disrupting ongoing
Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux Cluster
Dedicated Failover Server
with Replicated Enqueue
shared disks
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Instances
failover paths from all primary
partitions to the dedicated backup server