Reviewing Additional Fencing Operations - VMware VLM3-ENG-CP - Lab Manager - PC User Manual

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Reviewing Additional Fencing Operations
If you need to view current fencing options or change the switch that Lab Manager uses
for fencing, follow these instructions (instead of uninstalling and reinstalling the
Managed Server agent software).
For more information on switches, see the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation.
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adjusting the number of fences.
To change the switch for fencing
1 Log in as root.
2 From the command line, type:
> lm-fencecfg
3 Select a different network switch for virtual machines.
To view current fencing options
1 Log in as root.
2 From the command line, type:
> cat /etc/labmanager/agentconf.xml
The HostNic field contains the bridge device and the VNetCount field contains the
number of fences.
To adjust the number of fences
1 Log in as root.
2 From the command line, change the number of fences. Usage:
> lm-fencecfg --numFenced NUM_FENCES
For example, update the number of fences to 30:
> lm-fencecfg --numFenced 30
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Do not connect the virtual switches that Lab Manager creates to an
external network. Lab Manager needs these virtual switches for
deploying fenced configurations.
Appendix C Network Fencing
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