.TH FENCE_AGENT 8 2009-10-20 "fence_zvmip (Fence Agent)" .SH NAME fence_zvmip - Fence agent for use with z/VM Virtual Machines .SH DESCRIPTION .P The fence_zvm agent is intended to be used with with z/VM SMAPI service via TCP/IP To use this agent the z/VM SMAPI service needs to be configured to allow the virtual machine running this agent to connect to it and issue the image_recycle operation. This involves updating the VSMWORK1 AUTHLIST VMSYS:VSMWORK1. file. The entry should look something similar to this: Column 1 Column 66 Column 131 | | | V V V XXXXXXXX ALL IMAGE_CHARACTERISTICS Where XXXXXXX is the name of the virtual machine used in the authuser field of the request. This virtual machine also has to be authorized to access the system's directory manager. .P fence_zvmip accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_zvmip 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.ibm.com .SH PARAMETERS .TP .B -o, --action=[action] . Fencing action (Default Value: reboot) .TP .B -4, --inet4-only . Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only .TP .B -6, --inet6-only . Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only .TP .B -a, --ip=[ip] . IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always required. .TP .B -u, --ipport=[port] . TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 44444) .TP .B -m, --method=[method] . Method to fence (onoff|cycle) (Default Value: onoff) .TP .B -p, --password=[password] . Login password or passphrase .TP .B -S, --password-script=[script] . Script to run to retrieve password .TP .B -n, --plug=[id] . Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is always required. .TP .B -l, --username=[name] . Login name This parameter is always required. .TP .B -q, --quiet . Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to syslog. .TP .B -v, --verbose . Verbose mode .TP .B -D, --debug-file=[debugfile] . Write debug information to given file .TP .B -V, --version . Display version information and exit .TP .B -h, --help . Display help and exit .TP .B -C, --separator=[char] . Separator for CSV created by 'list' operation (Default Value: ,) .TP .B --delay=[seconds] . Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0) .TP .B --login-timeout=[seconds] . Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5) .TP .B --missing-as-off . Missing port returns OFF instead of failure (Default Value: 1) .TP .B --power-timeout=[seconds] . Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20) .TP .B --power-wait=[seconds] . Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0) .TP .B --shell-timeout=[seconds] . Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 5) .TP .B --retry-on=[attempts] . Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1) .SH ACTIONS .TP \fBon \fP Power on machine. .TP \fBoff \fP Power off machine. .TP \fBreboot \fP Reboot machine. .TP \fBstatus \fP This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine. .TP \fBlist \fP List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise. .TP \fBlist-status \fP List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it can be obtained without additional commands. .TP \fBmonitor \fP Check the health of fence device .TP \fBmetadata \fP Display the XML metadata describing this resource. .TP \fBmanpage \fP The operational behavior of this is not known. .TP \fBvalidate-all \fP Validate if all required parameters are entered. .SH STDIN PARAMETERS .TP .B action . Fencing action (Default Value: reboot) .TP .B inet4_only . Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only .TP .B inet6_only . Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only .TP .B ip . IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: ipaddr .TP .B ipport . TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 44444) .TP .B method . Method to fence (onoff|cycle) (Default Value: onoff) .TP .B password . Login password or passphrase Obsoletes: passwd .TP .B password_script . Script to run to retrieve password Obsoletes: passwd_script .TP .B plug . Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: port .TP .B username . Login name This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: login .TP .B quiet . Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to syslog. .TP .B verbose . Verbose mode .TP .B debug_file . Write debug information to given file Obsoletes: debug .TP .B version . Display version information and exit .TP .B help . Display help and exit .TP .B separator . Separator for CSV created by 'list' operation (Default Value: ,) .TP .B delay . Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0) .TP .B login_timeout . Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5) .TP .B missing_as_off . Missing port returns OFF instead of failure (Default Value: 1) .TP .B power_timeout . Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20) .TP .B power_wait . Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0) .TP .B shell_timeout . Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 5) .TP .B retry_on . Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)