HP Serviceguard Quorum Server for Linux Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes, March 2014

Installing on Linux
The install command for Linux uses the complete version name. Refer to the Serviceguard Quorum
Server Support Matrix for the Supported Linux versions.. Before installing, you can see the complete
version name in the file name; after installing, you can get it by using the command rpm -q qs.
1. Get the version A.12.00.00 from the appropriate directory on the HP Serviceguard for Linux
DVD.
2. From the directory that contains the file, use the rpm command to install the version you need,
as in the following examples.
For example:
• On Red Hat 5:
rpm -ihv serviceguard-qs-A.12.00.00-0.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
• On Red Hat 6:
rpm -ihv serviceguard-qs-A.12.00.00-0.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
• On SUSE 11:
rpm -ihv serviceguard-qs-A.12.00.00-0.sles11.x86_64.rpm
The Quorum Server executable file, qs, is installed on Red Hat in the /usr/local/qs/bin
directory, and on SUSE in the/opt/qs/bin directory.
When the installation is complete, you need to create an authorization file on the server where the
Quorum Server will be running, to allow specific host systems to obtain quorum services. See
“Creating and updating the authorization file” (page 14).
Now create a directory for the Quorum Server log file. The recommended pathnames are in Table 2
(page 13). (You may need to create the directory.)
Updating the Quorum Server
An update can be done while the cluster the Quorum Server system is running, but the Quorum
Server’s tie-breaking services will not be available while the update is in progress (For more
information, see “Replacing a failed Quorum Server system” (page 15)).
CAUTION: If you are updating Serviceguard as well, the Quorum Server update must be done
before you update Serviceguard.
Updating the Quorum Server (for RHEL 5)
1. Comment the Quorum Server entry in /etc/inittab and run the following command:
/sbin/init q
2. Uninstall the existing Quorum Server. For example:
rpm -e qs-A.02.04
CAUTION: This command may remove the file /var/log/qs/qs.log. If this is your log
file, you may want to save it before running this command.
3. Install the version of Quorum Server A.12.00.00 appropriate to your distribution and hardware.
For example:
rpm -ihv serviceguard-qs-A.12.00.00-0.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
4. Uncomment the entry you commented out in /etc/inittab.
5. Re-start the Quorum Server:
/sbin/init q
8 HP Serviceguard Quorum Server for Linux version A.12.00.00 Release Notes