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Table A.25, “ VMware Fencing (SOAP Interface) (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and later)” lists the
fence device parameters used by fence_vmware_soap, the fence agent for VMWare over SOAP API.
T ab le A.25. VMware Fen cin g ( SO AP In t erf ace) ( Red H at En t erp rise Lin u x 6 .2 an d lat er)
lu ci Field cl uster.co n
f At t rib u t e
Descrip t io n
Name name Name of the virtual machine fencing device.
IP Address or
Hostname
i pad d r The IP address or hostname assigned to the device.
IP Port
(optional)
i ppo rt The TCP port to use for connection with the device. The default
port is 80, or 443 if Use SSL is selected.
Login l o g i n The login name used to access the device.
Password passwd The password used to authenticate the connection to the device.
Password
Script
(optional)
passwd _scri
pt
The script that supplies a password for access to the fence
device. Using this supersedes the Passwo rd parameter.
Power Wait
(seconds)
po wer_wai t Number of seconds to wait after issuing a power off or power on
command.
Power Timeout
(seconds)
po wer_timeo
ut
Number of seconds to wait before testing for a status change
after issuing a power on or power on command. The default
value is 20.
Shell Timeout
(seconds)
shell _ti me
o ut
Number of seconds to wait for a command prompt after issuing a
command. The default value is 3.
Login Timeout
(seconds)
l o g i n_ti me
o ut
Number of seconds to wait for a command prompt after login.
The default value is 5.
Times to Retry
Power On
Operation
retry_on Number of attempts to retry a power on operation. The default
value is 1.
VM name po rt Name of virtual machine in inventory path format (e.g.,
/datacenter/vm/D iscovered_virtual_machine/myMachine).
VM UUID uui d The UUID of the virtual machine to fence.
Delay
(optional)
d el ay The number of seconds to wait before fencing is started. The
default value is 0.
Use SSL ssl Use SSL connections to communicate with the device.
Table A.26, “ WTI Power Switch” lists the fence device parameters used by fence_wti , the fence
agent for the WTI network power switch.
T ab le A.26 . WTI Po wer Swit ch
lu ci Field cl uster.co n
f At t rib u t e
Descrip t io n
Name name A name for the WTI power switch connected to the cluster.
IP Address or
Hostname
i pad d r The IP or hostname address assigned to the device.
IP Port
(optional)
i ppo rt The TCP port to use to connect to the device.
Login l o g i n The login name used to access the device.
Password passwd The password used to authenticate the connection to the device.
Password
Script
(optional)
passwd _scri
pt
The script that supplies a password for access to the fence
device. Using this supersedes the Passwo rd parameter.
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