.TH FENCE_TOOL 8 2009-12-21 cluster cluster

.SH NAME
fence_tool \- a utility for the fenced daemon

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fence_tool
[COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

.SH DESCRIPTION
This utility controls and queries the
.BR fenced (8)
daemon with the following commands:
.TP
.B join
join the fence domain.
.TP
.B leave
leave the fence domain.
.TP
.B dump
print the fenced internal debug buffer ont stdout.
.TP
.B ls
display internal fenced state.
.P
The leave command will not be sent to fenced if fence_tool detects that
any instances of gfs or dlm are in use.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-n
Show all node information in ls.
.TP
.BI \-t " seconds"
Retry cman connection for this many seconds.
0 none, -1 indefinite. Default 0.
.TP
.BI \-q " seconds"
Delay join up to this many seconds for the cluster to have quorum.
0 none, -1 indefinite. Default 0.
.TP
.BI \-m " seconds"
Delay join up to this many seconds for all nodes in cluster.conf to be
cluster members.
0 none, -1 indefinite. Default 0.
.TP
.BI \-w " seconds"
Wait up to this many seconds for the result of join or leave.
0 none, -1 indefinite. Default 0.
.TP
.B \-h
Print a help message describing available options, then exit.
.TP
.B \-V
Print program version information, then exit.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fenced (8)