fence_vmware(8) 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)         
-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)         
-l, --username=[name]
Login name This parameter is always required.         
-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         
-d, --vmware_type=[type]
Type of VMware to connect (Default Value: esx)         
-s, --vmware-datacenter=[dc]
VMWare datacenter filter         
-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         
--delay=[seconds]
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 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)         
--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)

ACTIONS

        

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.         
validate-all
Validate if all required parameters are entered.

STDIN PARAMETERS

        

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         
ipaddr
IP address or hostname of fencing device         
ipport
TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 22)         
login
Login name This parameter is always required.         
passwd
Login password or passphrase         
passwd_script
Script to run to retrieve password         
port
IP address or hostname of fencing device (together with --port-as-ip)         
secure
Use SSH connection (Default Value: 1)         
ssh_options
SSH options to use         
vmware_type
Type of VMware to connect (Default Value: esx)         
vmware_datacenter
VMWare datacenter filter         
verbose
Verbose mode         
debug
Write debug information to given file         
version
Display version information and exit         
help
Display help and exit         
delay
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 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)         
retry_on
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)         
ssh_path
Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)

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