Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Seventh Edition, July 2007

Understanding Serviceguard Software Components
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3 Understanding Serviceguard
Software Components
This chapter gives a broad overview of how the Serviceguard software
components work. The following topics are presented:
• Serviceguard Architecture
• How the Cluster Manager Works
• How the Package Manager Works
• How Packages Run
• How the Network Manager Works
• Volume Managers for Data Storage
• Responses to Failures
If you are ready to start setting up Serviceguard clusters, skip ahead to
Chapter 4, “Planning and Documenting an HA Cluster.”