fence_virtd (8) Linux Manual Page

fence_virtd – Fencing host for virtual machines

Description

fence_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 setting in fence_virt.conf)

-w

Wait for backend to be available (overrides any setting in fence_virt.conf)

See Also

fence_virt(8), fence_xvm(8), fence(8), fence_virt.conf(5)