NAME

       fence_vmware_soap - Fence agent for VMWare over SOAP API

DESCRIPTION

       fence_vmware_soap  is  an  I/O  Fencing  agent which can be used with the virtual machines
       managed by VMWare products that have SOAP API v4.1+.

       Name of virtual machine (-n / port)  has  to  be  used  in  inventory  path  format  (e.g.
       /datacenter/vm/Discovered  virtual  machine/myMachine). In the cases when name of yours VM
       is unique you can use it instead. Alternatively you can always use UUID to access  virtual
       machine.

       fence_vmware_soap  accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends
       parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_vmware_soap can be run  by  itself
       with  command  line options.  This is useful for testing and for turning outlets on or off
       from scripts.

       Vendor URL: http://www.vmware.com

PARAMETERS

       -o, --action=[action]
              Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)

       -a, --ip=[ip]
              IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always required.

       -u, --ipport=[port]
              TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 80)

       -t, --notls
              Disable TLS negotiation and force SSL3.0. This should only be used for devices that
              do not support TLS1.0 and up.

       -p, --password=[password]
              Login password or passphrase

       -S, --password-script=[script]
              Script to run to retrieve password

       -n, --plug=[id]
              Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is
              always required.

       -z, --ssl
              Use SSL connection with verifying certificate

       --ssl-insecure
              Use SSL connection without verifying certificate

       --ssl-secure
              Use SSL connection with verifying certificate

       -l, --username=[name]
              Login name This parameter is always required.

       -q, --quiet
              Disable  logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to
              syslog.

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose mode. Multiple -v flags can be stacked on the command line (e.g., -vvv)  to
              increase verbosity.

       --verbose-level
              Level  of  debugging  detail  in  output. Defaults to the number of --verbose flags
              specified on  the  command  line,  or  to  1  if  verbose=1  in  a  stonith  device
              configuration (i.e., on stdin).

       -D, --debug-file=[debugfile]
              Write debug information to given file

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit

       -h, --help
              Display help and exit

       --plug-separator=[char]
              Separator  for  plug  parameter when specifying more than 1 plug (Default Value: ,)

       -C, --separator=[char]
              Separator for CSV created by 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)

       --delay=[seconds]
              Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

       --disable-timeout=[true/false]
              Disable timeout (true/false) (default: true when run from Pacemaker 2.0+)

       --login-timeout=[seconds]
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

       --power-timeout=[seconds]
              Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

       --power-wait=[seconds]
              Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)

       --shell-timeout=[seconds]
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

       --stonith-status-sleep=[seconds]
              Sleep X seconds between status calls during a STONITH  action  (Default  Value:  1)

       --retry-on=[attempts]
              Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

       --gnutlscli-path=[path]
              Path to gnutls-cli binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/gnutls-cli)

ACTIONS

       on     Power on machine.

       off    Power off machine.

       reboot Reboot machine.

       status This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.

       list   List  available  plugs  with  aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more
              then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.

       list-status
              List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it  can
              be obtained without additional commands.

       monitor
              Check the health of fence device

       metadata
              Display the XML metadata describing this resource.

       manpage
               The operational behavior of this is not known.

       validate-all
              Validate if all required parameters are entered.

STDIN PARAMETERS

       action Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)

       ip     IP  address  or  hostname  of  fencing  device  This  parameter is always required.
              Obsoletes: ipaddr

       ipport TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 80)

       notls  Disable TLS negotiation and force SSL3.0. This should only be used for devices that
              do not support TLS1.0 and up.

       password
              Login password or passphrase Obsoletes: passwd

       password_script
              Script to run to retrieve password Obsoletes: passwd_script

       plug   Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is
              always required. Obsoletes: port

       ssl    Use SSL connection with verifying certificate

       ssl_insecure
              Use SSL connection without verifying certificate

       ssl_secure
              Use SSL connection with verifying certificate

       username
              Login name This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: login

       quiet  Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging  to
              syslog.

       verbose
              Verbose  mode. Multiple -v flags can be stacked on the command line (e.g., -vvv) to
              increase verbosity.

       verbose_level
              Level of debugging detail in output. Defaults to  the  number  of  --verbose  flags
              specified  on  the  command  line,  or  to  1  if  verbose=1  in  a  stonith device
              configuration (i.e., on stdin).

       debug_file
              Write debug information to given file Obsoletes: debug

       version
              Display version information and exit

       help   Display help and exit

       plug_separator
              Separator for plug parameter when specifying more than 1 plug  (Default  Value:  ,)

       separator
              Separator for CSV created by 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)

       delay  Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

       disable_timeout
              Disable timeout (true/false) (default: true when run from Pacemaker 2.0+)

       login_timeout
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

       power_timeout
              Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

       power_wait
              Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)

       shell_timeout
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

       stonith_status_sleep
              Sleep  X  seconds  between  status calls during a STONITH action (Default Value: 1)

       retry_on
              Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

       gnutlscli_path
              Path to gnutls-cli binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/gnutls-cli)