.TH "XNBD-WATCHDOG" "1" 
.SH "NAME" 
xnbd-watchdog \(em Watch a NBD device as started by \fBxnbd-client\fR(1) 
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
.PP 
\fBxnbd-watchdog\fR [\-\-timeout \fISECONDS\fR]  [\-\-interval \fISECONDS\fR]  [\-\-recovery-command \fICOMMAND\fR]  [\-\-recovery-command-reboot]  [\fINBD_DEVICE\fR]  
.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
.PP 
With the \fBxnbd-watchdog\fR, you can monitor a running \fBnbd-client\fR     and trigger actions on failure. 
.SH "OPTIONS" 
.PP 
The following options are supported: 
.IP "\fB\-\-timeout \fISECONDS\fR\fP" 10 
Triggers the recovery command action if the watchdog process is unable to connect to 
the \fINBD_DEVICE\fR within the given timeout. If not given, this defaults to 10 seconds. 
.IP "\fB\-\-interval \fISECONDS\fR\fP" 10 
Specifies the polling interval between probes. If not given, this defaults to 10 seconds. 
.IP "\fB\-\-recovery-command \fICOMMAND\fR\fP" 10 
If given, the \fICOMMAND\fR is executed if the watchdog is unable to connect 
the NBD device after timeout exceeded. 
.IP "\fB\-\-recovery-command-reboot\fP" 10 
This argument is a shortcut for \fI\-\-recovery-command 'reboot now'\fP. That is, it will 
reboot the server upon failure.  
.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS" 
.PP 
The following positional options are supported: 
.IP "\fBNBD_SERVER\fP" 10 
The local nbd-device to be associated with the remote \fBxnbd-server\fR. 
.SH "SEE ALSO" 
.PP 
xnbd-server (8). 
.SH "AUTHOR" 
.PP 
The NBD kernel module and the NBD tools have been written by 
Pavel Macheck (pavel@ucw.cz) and is now maintained by Paul Clements. 
(Paul.Clements@steeleye.com). 
.PP 
The xNBD userland (client and server) have been written by 
Takahiro Hirofuchi (t.hirofuchi@aist.go.jp) 
.PP 
This manual page was written by Arno Toell (debian@toell.net) for 
the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others). Permission is 
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the 
terms of the GNU General Public License, 
version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 
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