FENCE_AGENT(8)FENCE_AGENT(8)NAMEfence_virtd - Fencing host for virtual machines
DESCRIPTIONfence_virtd is a host daemon designed to route fencing requests for
virtual machines.
Fence_virt and fence_xvm talk to fence_virtd, which supports multiple
backend plugins, including:
- libvirt for single-node operation
- Cluster Checkpoints when using Linux-cluster release 3.0.0 or later
- libvirt-qpid for multi-node, non-cluster operation
For compatibility, fence_xvm from linux-cluster release 2 may talk to
fence_virtd.
fence_virtd accepts a few options on the command line, but most options
are read from fence_virt.conf.
PARAMETERS-d Specify debug level, e.g. "-d99"
-c Interactively prompt user for configuration information
-f Specify an alternate configuration file instead of
/etc/fence_virt.conf
-F Do not fork into background after starting (overrides any set‐
ting in fence_virt.conf)
-w Wait for backend to be available (overrides any setting in
fence_virt.conf)
SEE ALSOfence_virt(8), fence_xvm(8), fence(8), fence_virt.conf(5)fence_virtd (Fence Agent) 2010-01-05 FENCE_AGENT(8)