.TH FENCE_AGENT 8 2009-10-20 "fence_pve (Fence Agent)"
.SH NAME
fence_pve - Fencing agent for the Proxmox Virtual Environment
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
The fence_pve agent can be used to fence virtual machines acting as nodes in a virtualized cluster.
.P
fence_pve accepts options on the command line as well
as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the
agent. fence_pve 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.proxmox.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 a node within the Proxmox cluster. This parameter is always required.
	
.TP
.B -u, --ipport=[port]
. 
TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 8006)
	
.TP
.B -l, --username=[name]
. 
Login name (Default Value: root@pam)
	
.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]
. 
Id of the virtual machine. This parameter is always required.
	
.TP
.B -N, --nodename
. 
Node on which machine is located. (Optional, will be automatically determined)
	
.TP
.B -q, --quiet
. 
Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug 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 --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: 3)
	
.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
\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 ipaddr
. 
IP Address or Hostname of a node within the Proxmox cluster. This parameter is always required.
	
.TP
.B ipport
. 
TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 8006)
	
.TP
.B login
. 
Login name (Default Value: root@pam)
	
.TP
.B passwd
. 
Login password or passphrase
	
.TP
.B passwd_script
. 
Script to run to retrieve password
	
.TP
.B port
. 
Id of the virtual machine. This parameter is always required.
	
.TP
.B node_name
. 
Node on which machine is located. (Optional, will be automatically determined)
	
.TP
.B quiet
. 
Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug logging to syslog.
	
.TP
.B verbose
. 
Verbose mode
	
.TP
.B debug
. 
Write debug information to given file
	
.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 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: 3)
	
.TP
.B retry_on
. 
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)