DESCRIPTION

fence_cxs is an I/O Fencing agent used on Citrix XenServer hosts. It uses the XenAPI, supplied by Citrix, to establish an XML-RPC sesssion to a XenServer host. Once the session is established, further XML-RPC commands are issued in order to switch on, switch off, restart and query the status of virtual machines running on the host.

fence_xenapi accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_xenapi 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.xenproject.org

PARAMETERS

-o, --action=[action]

Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)         

-l, --username=[name]

Login name         

-p, --password=[password]

Login password or passphrase         

-S, --password-script=[script]

Script to run to retrieve password         

-n, --plug=[id]

Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is always required.         

-s, --session-url

URL to connect to XenServer on This parameter is always required.         

-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 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)         

--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)         

--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)

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.         

list-status

List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it can be obtained without additional commands.         

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)         

login

Login name         

passwd

Login password or passphrase         

passwd_script

Script to run to retrieve password         

port

Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is always required.         

session_url

URL to connect to XenServer on This parameter is always required.         

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 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)         

delay

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

login_timeout

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

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)