Section 8 · System administration

fence_kdump_send.8

Package: fence-agents-kdump

fence_kdump_send

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

NAME

fence_kdump_send - send kdump acknowlegement message to cluster nodes

SYNOPSIS

fence_kdump_send [OPTIONS]… [NODE]…

DESCRIPTION

fence_kdump_send is a utility used to send messages that acknowledge that the node has entered the kdump crash recovery service. This utility is intended to be used the the fence_kdump agent as a means detect that a failed node has entered the kdump crash recovery service. The fence_kdump_send utility is typically run from within the kdump kernel after a cluster node has encountered a kernel panic. Once the cluster node has entered the kdump crash recovery service, fence_kdump_send will periodically send messages to all cluster nodes. When the fence_kdump agent receives a valid message from the failed node, fencing is complete.

OPTIONS

**-p, —ipport=**PORT

IP port number that the fence_kdump agent is using to listen for messages. (default: 7410)

**-f, —family=**FAMILY

IP network family. Force the fence_kdump_send utility to use a particular network family. Value for FAMILY can be “auto”, “ipv4”, or “ipv6”. (default: auto)

**-c, —count=**COUNT

Number of messages to send. If COUNT is zero, fence_kdump_send will send messages indefinitely. (default: 0)

**-i, —interval=**INTERVAL

Time to wait between sending a message. The value for INTERVAL must be greater than zero. (default: 10)

-v, —verbose

Print verbose output.

-V, —version

Print version and exit.

-h, —help

Print usage and exit.

AUTHOR

Ryan O’Hara <rohara@redhat.com>