HP Serviceguard A.11.20.10 for Linux Release Notes, December 2012

Installing HP Serviceguard for Linux

HP provides an automated installation script that takes you through the process of installing and

configuring Serviceguard for Linux, including Serviceguard Manager and ancillary software. For

information and installation instructions, see the latest version of HP Serviceguard for Linux

Deployment Guide, at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.

The cmeasyinstall script automates the installation of Serviceguard and Serviceguard Manager

component rpms that are shipped by HP. This script must be run on each of the node participating

in the cluster. The script checks for the pre-requisite rpms that are required for Serviceguard and

Serviceguard Manager. If they are present, the component rpms are installed. For more information,

see the README_cmeasyinstall.txt that is bundled along with the cmeasyinstall script.

Serviceguard for Linux patches (updates)

Patches are available for Serviceguard on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

6. If you want to upgrade to A.11.20.10 follow the instructions explained in the “Serviceguard

for Linux Patches (updates)” for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 section in the HP Serviceguard

for Linux Version A.11.20.10 Deployment Guide.

Installing Serviceguard-xdc

See “Installing Serviceguard-xdc Software” section in the HP Serviceguard for Linux Version

A.11.20.10 Deployment Guide for the installation procedure of Serviceguard-xdc on Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Pre-installation checklist for Serviceguard

• Before you begin installing Serviceguard, make sure that all components of the cluster have

been upgraded to their latest firmware versions.

• Serviceguard for Linux depends on the xinetd service. Make sure that the xinetd rpm is

installed from the distribution source (for example, your Linux installation CD) and is enabled.

To find out if xinetd is running, use a command such as:

ps -ef | grep xinetd

You should see output similar to the following:

root 3954 1 0 Jan17

? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/xinetd root 15734 15513 0 13:38 pts/1

00:00:00 grep xinetd

If xinetd is not running, verify that it is installed as follows:

rpm -qa xinetd

You can use the chkconfig command to enable xinetd:

/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 xinetd on

• You may need to install additional software from the distribution, depending on the

Serviceguard components that you are installing. The following lists all the software you will

need for each distribution, if you install all the Serviceguard components. You may want to

install all of this software now, to make sure all dependencies are met.

Table 2 RPMs (pre-requisites) for installing Serviceguard for Linux A.11.20.10

SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerRed Hat Enterprise Linux

kernel-sourcelibgcc

bashkernel-headers

pidentdkernel-devel

libblkid1krb5-libs

libgcc43 (SP1)zlib