HPUX : How to configure Quorum server for the cluster

How to configure Quorum server for the cluster :.

Overview

How to configure Quorum server for the cluster : Quorum server is used as tiebreaker in serviceguard set-up . To avoid split-brain-syndrome.

Procedures

1.Choose a node or nodes that are not part of this cluster. The nodes can be running either HP-UX or Linux.                 2.Install the Quorum Server software (B8467BA version A.02.00):                 3.Either from the HP Serviceguard Distributed Components CD, or Download the product for free from http://software.hp.com, under                 "High Availability." The last time I looked,                 it was titled "Serviceguard Quorum Server." Use the appropriate tool, i.e., swinstall or rpm to install the product                 3. Put the entry in  /etc/inittab gets started at boot-up time and gets restarted (the respawn action in /etc/inittab) if necessary.                 The entry should look something like this:                                 qs:345:respawn:/usr/lbin/qs >> /var/adm/qs/qs.log 2>&1                                                 4.Now we can start the qs daemon by running init q                 5.Check that the qs daemon is running by monitoring the file /var/adm/qs/qs.log

Keywords.

Cluster ,quorum, init.