FENCE_AGENT(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    FENCE_AGENT(8)

NAME

       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)

fence_virtd (Fence Agent)					    2010-01-05							    FENCE_AGENT(8)