what is the meaning of package in service guard

[smkhairnar]

what is the concept of package in serviceguard in hpunix??

[Kranti Mahmud]

Hi smkhairnar,

Check the below links:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1353007

http://docs.hp.com/en/B7885-90018/ch01s09.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/B7885-90013/ch01s08.html

Rgds-Kranti

[singh sanjeev]

In HA environment package define as :

A package can have defined any or all of the
resources needed to run an application. Typical resources used by applications are
relocatable IP addresses,
volume groups (VGs),
logical volumes (LVs),
file systems,
and monitored services.
Including these resources allows Serviceguard to easily move
applications between nodes because all resources required to run an application move
with the package as a single unit. A package may contain one resource or a combination
of resources; it will differ depending on the purpose of the package and the specific HA
needs.

[UVA]

Hi,

A package is nothing but a combination of resources like filesystem, IP address and start and stop script for application. and it vary depends on customer requirement like failover package and multinode package etc..

The following link from HP will help you lot.
http://docs.hp.com/en/B3936-90144/index.html

[Abhijitkrao]

A package is a logical way of looking at (Application + resources need by the application) in Serviceguard cluster scenario.

A package is represented by a ascii file (like a text file), which has entries for relocatable IP addresses,
volume groups (VGs), logical volumes (LVs),
file systems, and monitored services, start-stop scripts etc.

The user enters the details in the package ascii and using Serviceguard commands validates the contents and environment and run the package.

Serviceguard cluster monitors the package in case it needs to failover, halt or disable the package.