Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux Ninth Edition, April 2009

Preface

This guide describes how to configure and manage Serviceguard for Linux on HP

ProLiant and HP Integrity servers under the Linux operating system. It is intended for

experienced Linux system administrators. (For Linux system administration tasks that

are not specific to Serviceguard, use the system administration documentation and

manpages for your distribution of Linux.)

The contents are as follows:

• Chapter 1 (page 23) describes a Serviceguard cluster and provides a roadmap for

using this guide.

• Chapter 2 (page 29) provides a general view of the hardware configurations used

by Serviceguard.

• Chapter 3 (page 37) describes the software components of Serviceguard and shows

how they function within the Linux operating system.

• Chapter 4 (page 93) steps through the planning process.

• Chapter 5 (page 147) describes the creation of the cluster configuration.

• Chapter 6 (page 189) describes the creation of high availability packages.

• Chapter 7 (page 221) presents the basic cluster administration tasks.

• Chapter 8 (page 271) explains cluster testing and troubleshooting strategies.

• Appendix A (page 289) gives guidelines for creating cluster-aware applications

that provide optimal performance in a Serviceguard environment.

• Appendix B (page 305) provides suggestions for integrating your existing

applications with Serviceguard for Linux.

• Appendix C (page 309) contains a set of empty worksheets for preparing a

Serviceguard configuration.

• Appendix D (page 317) provides information about IPv6.

• Appendix E (page 325) is an introduction to Serviceguard Manager.

Related Publications

The following documents contain additional useful information:

• HP Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.19 Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes

• Clusters for High Availability: a Primer of HP Solutions. Second Edition. HP Press,

2001 (ISBN 0-13-089355-2)

Use the following URL to access HP’s high availability documentation web page:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha

Information about supported configurations is in the HP Serviceguard for Linux

Configuration Guide. For updated information on supported hardware and Linux