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

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1 HP Serviceguard Quorum Server for Linux version A.12.00.00 Release Notes.....4
Announcements........................................................................................................................4
Cluster name restrictions.......................................................................................................4
Using this version.....................................................................................................................5
Getting the software.............................................................................................................5
Documentation for this version ..............................................................................................5
Further information...............................................................................................................5
What is the Quorum Server?......................................................................................................5
How the Quorum Server works?............................................................................................5
System requirements and recommendations..................................................................................6
System requirements.............................................................................................................6
Operating system and hardware requirements.....................................................................6
Memory and disk requirements.........................................................................................6
Network recommendations....................................................................................................7
Compatibility with Serviceguard versions.....................................................................................7
Installing the Quorum Server......................................................................................................7
Installing on Linux................................................................................................................8
Updating the Quorum Server ....................................................................................................8
Updating the Quorum Server (for RHEL 5)...............................................................................8
Updating the Quorum Server (SUSE)......................................................................................9
Configuring Serviceguard to use the Quorum Server.....................................................................9
About the QS polling interval and timeout extension.................................................................9
Using alternate subnets.......................................................................................................10
Requirements for using alternate subnets...........................................................................10
Setting Quorum Server parameters in the cluster configuration file............................................10
Setting Quorum Server parameters for IPv6 subnets...........................................................11
Requirements for using IPv6 subnets............................................................................11
Configuring IPv6 addresses without the July 2009 patch................................................11
Configuring and running the Quorum Server..............................................................................12
Creating a package for the Quorum Server...........................................................................12
Running the Quorum Server on a single system......................................................................14
Specifying a Log File.....................................................................................................14
Running the Quorum Server............................................................................................14
Creating and updating the authorization file..........................................................................14
Replacing a failed Quorum Server system..................................................................................15
Uninstalling the Quorum Server................................................................................................16
Patches, fixes, and known problems in this Version......................................................................16
Patches.............................................................................................................................16
Known problems and limitations..........................................................................................16
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