Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Tenth Edition, September 2012

module_version
The module version. Do not change it.
New for modular packages.
package_type
The type can be failover, multi_node, or system multi_node. You can configure
only failover or multi-node packages; see “Types of Package: Failover, Multi-Node,
System Multi-Node” (page 200).
package_description
The application that the package runs. This is a descriptive parameter that can be set to
any value you choose, up to a maximum of 80 characters. Default value is
Serviceguard Package. New for 11.19
node_name
The node on which this package can run, or a list of nodes in order of priority, or an
asterisk (*) to indicate all nodes. The default is *. For system multi-node packages, you
must specify node_name *.
If you use a list, specify each node on a new line, preceded by the literal node_name,
for example:
node_name <node1>
node_name <node2>
node_name <node3>
The order in which you specify the node names is important. First list the primary node
name (the node where you normally want the package to start), then the first adoptive
node name (the best candidate for failover), then the second adoptive node name,
followed by additional node names in order of preference.
In case of a failover, control of the package will be transferred to the next adoptive node
name listed in the package configuration file, or (if that node is not available or cannot
run the package at that time) to the next node in the list, and so on.
IMPORTANT: See “Cluster Configuration Parameters ” (page 103) for important
information about node names.
See “About Cross-Subnet Failover” (page 151) for considerations when configuring
cross-subnet packages, which are further explained under “Cross-Subnet Configurations”
(page 27).
auto_run
Can be set to yes or no. The default is yes.
For failover packages, yes allows Serviceguard to start the package (on the first available
node listed under node_name) on cluster start-up, and to automatically restart it on an
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