fence_vmware

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Version: 2009-10-20 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

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NAME

fence_vmware - Fence agent for VMWare

DESCRIPTION

fence_vmware is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with the VMware ESX, VMware ESXi or VMware Server to fence virtual machines. Before you can use this agent, it must be installed VI Perl Toolkit or vmrun command on every node you want to make fencing. VI Perl Toolkit is preferred for VMware ESX/ESXi and Virtual Center. Vmrun command is only solution for VMware Server 1/2 (this command will works against ESX/ESXi 3.5 up2 and VC up2 too, but not cluster aware!) and is available as part of VMware VIX API SDK package. VI Perl and VIX API SDK are both available from VMware web pages (not int RHEL repository!). You can specify type of VMware you are connecting to with -d switch (or vmware_type for stdin). Possible values are esx, server2 and server1.Default value is esx, which will use VI Perl. With server1 and server2, vmrun command is used. After you have successfully installed VI Perl Toolkit or VIX API, you should be able to run fence_vmware_helper (part of this agent) or vmrun command. This agent supports only vmrun from version 2.0.0 (VIX API 1.6.0). fence_vmware accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_vmware 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: http://www.vmware.com

PARAMETERS

        

-o, --action=<action>
Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)         
-a, --ip=<ip>
IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.         
-l, --username=<name>
Login Name This parameter is always required.         
-p, --password=<password>
Login password or passphrase         
-S, --password-script=<script>
Script to retrieve password         
-n, --plug=<id>
Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.         
-e, --exec=<command>
Command to execute         
-d, --vmware_type=<type>
Type of VMware to connect (Default Value: esx)         
-x, --ssh
SSH connection (Default Value: true)         
-k, --identity-file=<filename>
Identity file for ssh         
-s, --vmware-datacenter=<dc>
Show only machines in specified datacenter         
-v, --verbose
Verbose mode         
-D, --debug-file=<debugfile>
Write debug information to given file         
-V, --version
Display version information and exit         
-h, --help
Display help and exit         
-C, --separator=<char>
Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)         
--power-timeout
Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)         
--shell-timeout
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)         
--login-timeout
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)         
--power-wait
Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)         
--retry-on
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)         
--delay
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

ACTIONS

        

on
Power on machine.         
off
Power off machine.         
reboot
Reboot machine.         
status
This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.         
list
List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.         
monitor
Check if fencing device is running. List available plugs/virtual machines or get status of machine (if it does not support more).         
metadata

 The operational behavior of this is not known.

STDIN PARAMETERS

        

action
Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)         
ipaddr
IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.         
login
Login Name This parameter is always required.         
passwd
Login password or passphrase         
passwd_script
Script to retrieve password         
port
Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.         
exec
Command to execute         
vmware_type
Type of VMware to connect (Default Value: esx)         
secure
SSH connection (Default Value: true)         
identity_file
Identity file for ssh         
vmware_datacenter
Show only machines in specified datacenter         
verbose
Verbose mode         
debug
Write debug information to given file         
version
Display version information and exit         
help
Display help and exit         
separator
Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)         
power_timeout
Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)         
shell_timeout
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)         
login_timeout
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)         
power_wait
Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)         
retry_on
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)         
delay
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)