Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Tenth Edition, September 2012

Preface
This guide describes how to configure and manage Serviceguard for Linux on HP ProLiant
and HP Integrity servers under the Linux operating system. It is intended for experienced
Linux system administrators. (For Linux system administration tasks that are not specific
to Serviceguard, use the system administration documentation and manpages for your
distribution of Linux.)
The contents are as follows:
• Chapter 1 (page 19) describes a Serviceguard cluster and provides a roadmap for
using this guide.
• Chapter 2 (page 24) provides a general view of the hardware configurations used
by Serviceguard.
• Chapter 3 (page 32) describes the software components of Serviceguard and shows
how they function within the Linux operating system.
• Chapter 4 (page 91) steps through the planning process.
• Chapter 5 (page 156) describes the creation of the cluster configuration.
• Chapter 6 (page 199) describes the creation of high availability packages.
• Chapter 7 (page 233) presents the basic cluster administration tasks.
• Chapter 8 (page 289) explains cluster testing and troubleshooting strategies.
• Appendix A (page 306) gives guidelines for creating cluster-aware applications that
provide optimal performance in a Serviceguard environment.
• Appendix B (page 320) provides suggestions for integrating your existing applications
with Serviceguard for Linux.
• Appendix C (page 323) contains a set of empty worksheets for preparing a
Serviceguard configuration.
• Appendix D (page 328) provides information about IPv6.
• Appendix E (page 335) is an introduction to Serviceguard Manager.
• “Monitoring Script for Generic Resources” (page 340) is examples for Monitoring
Script for Generic Resources
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