Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Sixth Edition, August 2006

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, “Serviceguard for Linux at a Glance,” describes a

Serviceguard cluster and provides a roadmap for using this guide.

• Chapter 2, “Understanding Hardware Configurations for

Serviceguard for Linux,” provides a general view of the hardware

configurations used by Serviceguard.

• Chapter 3, “Understanding Serviceguard Software Components,”

describes the software components of Serviceguard and shows how

they function within the Linux operating system.

• Chapter 4, “Planning and Documenting an HA Cluster,” steps

through the planning process and provides a set of worksheets for

organizing information about the cluster.

• Chapter 5, “Building an HA Cluster Configuration,” describes the

creation of the cluster configuration.

• Chapter 6, “Configuring Packages and Their Services,” describes the

creation of high availability packages and the control scripts

associated with them.

• Chapter 7, “Cluster and Package Maintenance,” presents the basic

cluster administration tasks.

• Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting Your Cluster,” explains cluster testing

and troubleshooting strategies.

• Appendix A, “Serviceguard Commands,” lists the commands used by

Serviceguard for Linux and reprints summary information from each

man page.

• Appendix B, “Designing Highly Available Cluster Applications,”

gives guidelines for creating cluster-aware applications that provide

optimal performance in a Serviceguard environment.