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Table 3-1. Cell Management Tool Options and Arguments, login and help
Option Argument Description
--help (-h) None Displays a usage message.
--username (-u) vCloud Director system
administrator user name
You must have system
administrator credentials to
manage the task scheduler and
view task status.
--password (-p) vCloud Director system
administrator password
If you omit this argument, the tool
prompts for the password.
Managing a Cell
To manage a cell, use the cell subcommand.
Table 3-2. Cell Management Tool Options and Arguments, cell Subcommand
Option Argument Description
--quiesce (-q) true or false Quiesces activity on the cell. The
argument true suspends the
scheduler. The argument false
restarts the scheduler.
--shutdown (-s) None Shuts down vCloud Director
services on the server.
--status (-t) None Displays information about the
number of jobs running on the cell
and the status of the cell.
Example: Getting Task Status
The following cell-management-tool command line supplies system administrator credentials and returns the
count of running jobs. When the Job count is 0 and Is Active is false, you can safely shut down the cell.
[root@cell1 /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin]# ./cell-management-tool -u administrator -p Pa55w0rd
cell --status
Job count = 3
Is Active = true
Upgrade vCloud Director Software on Any Member of a Server Group
The vCloud Director installer verifies that the target server meets all upgrade prerequisites and upgrades the
vCloud Director software on the server.
vCloud Director software is distributed as a Linux executable file named vmware-vcloud-director-1.5.0-
nnnnnn.bin, where nnnnnn represents a build number. After the upgrade is installed on a member of a server
group, you must run a tool that upgrades the vCloud Director database that the group uses before you can
restart vCloud Director services on the upgraded server.
Prerequisites
n
Verify that you have superuser credentials for the target server.
n
If you want the installer to verify the digital signature of the installation file, download and install the
VMware public key on the target server. If you have already verified the digital signature of the installation
file, you do not need to verify it again during installation. See “Download and Install the VMware Public
Key,” on page 22.
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Use the cell management tool to quiesce and shut down vCloud Director services on the server's cell.
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