 VCS Veritas Cluster Server |  RHCS Red Hat Cluster Suite | |
| Cluster status | hastatus -sum | clustat |
| Start service | hagrp -online service -sys node | clusvcadm -e service |
| Stop service | hagrp -offline service -sys node | clusvcadm -d service |
| Switch service | hagrp -switch service -to node | clusvcadm -m node -r service |
| Freeze/Lock Unfreeze/Unlock | hagrp -freeze service hagrp -unfreeze service | clusvcadm -l clusvcadm -u |
| Stop cluster | hastop -all | clushutdown |
| Show configuration | hasys -display hagrp -display hares -display | more /etc/cluster/cluster.conf |
| Configuration Files (Format) | /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf (Proprietary, text) | /etc/cluster/cluster.conf (XML) |
| Logging | halog -info ; more log_file | more /var/log/messages |
| HB/CM status | lltstat -nvv | cman_tool status |
| Terminology (sample status) | system [resource] group resource system list system state (online offline faulted) group state (online offline partial) resource state (online offline faulted) | member service -NA- failover domain member status (online offline faulted) service status (started stopped disabled failed) -NA- |