HP-UX IPSec and MC/ServiceGuard

Step 9: Configuring MC/ServiceGuardStep 9: Configuring MC/ServiceGuard

Configure MC/ServiceGuard according to the MC/ServiceGuard product documentation, with the additional requirements listed below. Verify the MC/ServiceGuard configuration using the cmcheckconf command, as described in the MC/ServiceGuard product documentation.

Cluster Configuration

HP strongly recommends that you do not secure heartbeat messages using IPSec (with AH or ESP). However, if you did configure HP-UX IPSec to secure heartbeat messages, increase the NODE_TIMEOUT parameter value in the cluster configuration to allow time for HP-UX IPSec to establish SAs and authenticate or encrypt the heartbeat messages.

Package Configuration

For each package using HP-UX IPSec, create the Package Configuration as described in the MC/ServiceGuard documentation. Create a service entry for HP-UX IPSec. HP recommends that you set SERVICE_FAIL_FAST_ENABLED to NO so MC/ServiceGuard will not halt the node if HP-UX IPSec is not available. For example:

SERVICE_NAMEpkg1_ipsec

SERVICE_FAIL_FAST_ENABLED NO

SERVICE_HALT_TIMEOUT 300

Package Control Script

In the package control script, configure the HP-UX IPSec service to use the /var/adm/ipsec/ipsec_status.sh monitor script and no restarts ("-r 0"). For example:

SERVICE_NAME[i]=pkg1_ipsec

SERVICE_CMD[i]="/var/adm/ipsec/ipsec_status.sh" SERVICE_RESTART[i]=”-r 0”

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