1fence_zvm(8) System Manager's Manual fence_zvm(8)
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6 fence_zvm - I/O Fencing agent for GFS on s390 and zSeries VM clusters
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10 fence_zvm [OPTION]...
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14 fence_zvm is an I/O Fencing agent used on a GFS virtual machine in a
15 s390 or zSeries VM cluster. It uses the s3270 program to log the spec‐
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19 fence_zvm accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin.
20 fence_node sends the options through stdin when it execs the agent.
21 fence_zvm can be run by itself with command line options which is use‐
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24 Vendor URL: http://www.ibm.com
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29 IP address or hostname of the Physical machine (required).
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31 -h Print out a help message describing available options, then
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34 -u userid
35 userid of the virtual machine to fence (required).
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38 password of the virtual machine to fence (required).
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41 Full path to an executable to generate the password of the vir‐
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44 -q quiet mode, no output.
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46 -V Print out a version message, then exit.
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51 This option is used by fence_node(8) and is ignored by
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54 ipaddr = < hostname | ip >
55 IP address or hostname of the Physical machine (required).
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58 password of the virtual machine to fence (required).
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61 Full path to an executable to generate the password of the vir‐
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65 userid of the virtual machine to fence (required).
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69 fence(8), fenced(8), fence_node(8)
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73 fence_zvm(8)