HP Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.20.00 Deployment Guide, August 2012

7. Serviceguard for Linux Contributed Toolkit Suite

The optional Serviceguard for Linux package included in these instructions requires the Serviceguard

for Linux Apache Toolkit, which is part of the HP Serviceguard for Linux Free Toolkit Suite, available at

no charge from HP.

To download this package:

1. Go to

http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot/ha.

2. Search for “Serviceguard for Linux Contributed Toolkit Suite”.

3. Click “Receive for Free >>”.

4. Select “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, SG A.11.20.00” or “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Serviceguard

A.11.20.00” in the Software specification box.

5. Fill in required fields and agree to the terms.

6. Click the “Next” button.

7. On the “Software download confirmation” page, click “Download Directly >>”.

At the time of publication, the version of the toolkit available was A.04.02.01. The downloaded file

for this version is named sglxtools- A.04.02.01.product.redhat.tar.

OS Installation

The OS installation must be performed on each server.

Linux OS Distribution

For detailed instructions on installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7, see to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Installation Guide at

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/.

Copy Downloaded Software to Servers

At this point, you must copy all downloaded software packages to each server.

1. Login to the server (from the console or an ssh client).

2. Create a directory on the server for the downloaded software, for example:

mkdir /tmp/sglx_install

3. From the location of the downloaded software, for example c:\sglx_install on your PC, copy

the files to each server, for example:

scp * root@adam:/tmp/sglx_install/.

4. Repeat on the other server.

Kernel Errata

It is recommended that the Red Hat Linux 5.7 or 6.2 kernel be updated to the latest kernel that has

been certified by Hewlett-Packard for use with Serviceguard for Linux.

These steps should be performed on both servers.

Instructions for updating the kernel if the rpms are downloaded from Red Hat as rpm packages are as

follows:

1. To get the version of the kernel currently installed on the system, execute the command

“uname –a”:

uname -a

Linux eve.cup.hp.com 2.6.18-274.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jul 8 17:36:59

EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux2.