NAME¶
fence_xenapi - XenAPI based fencing for the Citrix XenServer virtual machines.
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.
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 retrieve password
- -n, --plug=<id>
- Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always
required.
- -s, --session-url
- The URL of the XenServer host. This parameter is always required.
- -U, --uuid
- The UUID of the virtual machine to fence.
- -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 operation list (Default Value: ,)
- --power-timeout
- Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
- --shell-timeout
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
- --login-timeout
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
- --power-wait
- Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)
- --delay
- Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
- --retry-on
- 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.
- monitor
- Check if fencing device is running. List available plugs/virtual machines
or get status of machine (if it does not support more).
- metadata
-
The operational behavior of this is not known.
STDIN PARAMETERS¶
- action
- Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)
- login
- Login Name
- passwd
- Login password or passphrase
- passwd_script
- Script to retrieve password
- port
- Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always
required.
- session_url
- The URL of the XenServer host. This parameter is always required.
- uuid
- The UUID of the virtual machine to fence.
- 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 operation list (Default Value: ,)
- power_timeout
- Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
- shell_timeout
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
- login_timeout
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
- power_wait
- Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)
- delay
- Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
- retry_on
- Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)