fence_vmware - Man Page

fence_vmware is a Power 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).

The fence agent accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. The agent 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

-o,  --action=[action]

Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)

-e,  --exec=[command]

Command to execute

-k,  --identity-file=[filename]

Identity file (private key) for SSH

-4,  --inet4-only

Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

-6,  --inet6-only

Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

-a,  --ip=[ip]

IP address or hostname of fencing device

-u,  --ipport=[port]

TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 22)

-p,  --password=[password]

Login password or passphrase

-S,  --password-script=[script]

Script to run to retrieve password

-n,  --plug=[ip]

IP address or hostname of fencing device (together with --port-as-ip)

-x,  --ssh

Use SSH connection (Default Value: 1)

--ssh-options=[options]

SSH options to use

-l,  --username=[name]

Login name This parameter is always required.

-d,  --vmware_type=[type]

Type of VMware to connect (Default Value: esx)

-s,  --vmware-datacenter=[dc]

VMWare datacenter filter

-q,  --quiet

Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to syslog.

-v,  --verbose

Verbose mode. Multiple -v flags can be stacked on the command line (e.g., -vvv) to increase verbosity.

--verbose-level

Level of debugging detail in output. Defaults to the number of --verbose flags specified on the command line, or to 1 if verbose=1 in a stonith device configuration (i.e., on stdin).

-D,  --debug-file=[debugfile]

Write debug information to given file

-V,  --version

Display version information and exit

-h,  --help

Display help and exit

--plug-separator=[char]

Separator for plug parameter when specifying more than 1 plug (Default Value: ,)

--delay=[seconds]

Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

--disable-timeout=[true/false]

Disable timeout (true/false) (default: true when run from Pacemaker 2.0+)

--login-timeout=[seconds]

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

--port-as-ip

Make "port/plug" to be an alias to IP address

--power-timeout=[seconds]

Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

--power-wait=[seconds]

Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)

--shell-timeout=[seconds]

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

--stonith-status-sleep=[seconds]

Sleep X seconds between status calls during a STONITH action (Default Value: 1)

--retry-on=[attempts]

Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

--ssh-path=[path]

Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)

on

Power on machine.

off

Power off machine.

reboot

Reboot machine.

status

This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.

monitor

Check the health of fence device

metadata

Display the XML metadata describing this resource.

manpage

The operational behavior of this is not known.

validate-all

Validate if all required parameters are entered.

action

Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)

exec

Command to execute

identity_file

Identity file (private key) for SSH

inet4_only

Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

inet6_only

Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

ip

IP address or hostname of fencing device Obsoletes: ipaddr

ipport

TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 22)

password

Login password or passphrase Obsoletes: passwd

password_script

Script to run to retrieve password Obsoletes: passwd_script

plug

IP address or hostname of fencing device (together with --port-as-ip) Obsoletes: port

ssh

Use SSH connection (Default Value: 1) Obsoletes: secure

ssh_options

SSH options to use

username

Login name This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: login

vmware_type

Type of VMware to connect (Default Value: esx)

vmware_datacenter

VMWare datacenter filter

quiet

Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to syslog.

verbose

Verbose mode. Multiple -v flags can be stacked on the command line (e.g., -vvv) to increase verbosity.

verbose_level

Level of debugging detail in output. Defaults to the number of --verbose flags specified on the command line, or to 1 if verbose=1 in a stonith device configuration (i.e., on stdin).

debug_file

Write debug information to given file Obsoletes: debug

version

Display version information and exit

help

Display help and exit

plug_separator

Separator for plug parameter when specifying more than 1 plug (Default Value: ,)

delay

Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

disable_timeout

Disable timeout (true/false) (default: true when run from Pacemaker 2.0+)

login_timeout

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

port_as_ip

Make "port/plug" to be an alias to IP address

power_timeout

Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

power_wait

Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)

shell_timeout

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

stonith_status_sleep

Sleep X seconds between status calls during a STONITH action (Default Value: 1)

retry_on

Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

ssh_path

Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)