[Linux-cluster] cluster.conf arguments sent to fence agents

[Joseph L. Casale]

>   I've built a new fence device and am now trying to sort out how and 
>what arguments CMAN (?) sends to the fence agent. Is there a document 
>explaining this interaction?
>
>   From looking at other fence agents, it seems like CMAN sends either a 
>series of single-dashed arguments followed by their values or a list of 
>arguments, one argument per new line. What I don't know is how CMAN 
>interprets the arguments in the <fence>...</fence> statement to 
>arguments sent to the actual fence agent.
>
>Thanks for any help!

Funny, I am hammering away on this now trying to write a Perl fence_ifmib
replacement:)

http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/FenceAgentAPI

I also made a fencing agent that simply takes stdin and write it to a file
to make sure I know what's being passed.

It will push through whatever you put in there!

jlc