fence_virt(8)

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NAME

fence_virt - Fence agent for virtual machines

DESCRIPTION

fence_virt is a Power Fencing agent which can be used with virtual machines.

NOTE: reboot-action does not power on nodes that are powered off.

fence_virt accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_virt can be run by itself with command line options. This is useful for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts.

Vendor URL: https://libvirt.org

PARAMETERS

-d
Specify (stdin) or increment (command line) debug level
-D
Serial device (default=/dev/ttyS1) (Default Value: /dev/ttyS1)
-P
Serial Parameters (default=115200,8N1) (Default Value: 115200,8N1)
-A
VM Channel IP address (default=10.0.2.179) (Default Value: 10.0.2.179)
-p
TCP, Multicast, VMChannel, or VM socket port (default=1229) (Default Value: 1229)
-n
Virtual Machine (domain name) to fence This parameter is always required.
-o
Fencing action (null, off, on, [reboot], status, list, list-status, monitor, validate-all, metadata) (Default Value: reboot)
-t
Fencing timeout (in seconds; default=30) (Default Value: 30)
-T
IP address to connect to in TCP mode (default=127.0.0.1 / ::1) (Default Value: 127.0.0.1)
-S
vm socket CID to connect to in vsock mode (Default Value: 2)
-C
Authentication (none, sha1, [sha256], sha512) (Default Value: sha256)
-c
Packet hash strength (none, sha1, [sha256], sha512) (Default Value: sha256)
-k
Shared key file (default=/etc/cluster/fence_xvm.key) (Default Value: /etc/cluster/fence_xvm.key)
-w
Fencing delay (in seconds; default=0) (Default Value: 0)

ACTIONS

null

The operational behavior of this is not known.
on
Power on machine.
off
Power off machine.
reboot
Reboot machine.
metadata
Display the XML metadata describing this resource.
status
This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.
monitor
Check the health of fence device
list
List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.
list-status
List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it can be obtained without additional commands.
validate-all
Validate if all required parameters are entered.

STDIN PARAMETERS

debug
Specify (stdin) or increment (command line) debug level
serial_device
Serial device (default=/dev/ttyS1) (Default Value: /dev/ttyS1)
serial_params
Serial Parameters (default=115200,8N1) (Default Value: 115200,8N1)
channel_address
VM Channel IP address (default=10.0.2.179) (Default Value: 10.0.2.179)
ipport
TCP, Multicast, VMChannel, or VM socket port (default=1229) (Default Value: 1229)
plug
Virtual Machine (domain name) to fence This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: port
action
Fencing action (null, off, on, [reboot], status, list, list-status, monitor, validate-all, metadata) (Default Value: reboot)
timeout
Fencing timeout (in seconds; default=30) (Default Value: 30)
ipaddr
IP address to connect to in TCP mode (default=127.0.0.1 / ::1) (Default Value: 127.0.0.1)
vsock
vm socket CID to connect to in vsock mode (Default Value: 2)
auth
Authentication (none, sha1, [sha256], sha512) (Default Value: sha256)
hash
Packet hash strength (none, sha1, [sha256], sha512) (Default Value: sha256)
key_file
Shared key file (default=/etc/cluster/fence_xvm.key) (Default Value: /etc/cluster/fence_xvm.key)
delay
Fencing delay (in seconds; default=0) (Default Value: 0)
2009-10-20 fence_virt (Fence Agent)