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  10   <!ENTITY dhpackage   "gnt-instance">
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  18 <refentry>
  19   <refentryinfo>
  20     <copyright>
  21       <year>2006</year>
  22       <year>2007</year>
  23       <year>2008</year>
  24       <year>2009</year>
  25       <holder>Google Inc.</holder>
  26     </copyright>
  27     &dhdate;
  28   </refentryinfo>
  29   <refmeta>
  30     &dhucpackage;
  31
  32     &dhsection;
  33     <refmiscinfo>ganeti 2.0</refmiscinfo>
  34   </refmeta>
  35   <refnamediv>
  36     <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
  37
  38     <refpurpose>ganeti instance administration</refpurpose>
  39   </refnamediv>
  40   <refsynopsisdiv>
  41     <cmdsynopsis>
  42       <command>&dhpackage; </command>
  43
  44       <arg choice="req">command</arg>
  45       <arg>arguments...</arg>
  46     </cmdsynopsis>
  47   </refsynopsisdiv>
  48   <refsect1>
  49     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  50
  51     <para>
  52       The <command>&dhpackage;</command> is used for instance
  53       administration in the ganeti system.
  54     </para>
  55
  56   </refsect1>
  57   <refsect1>
  58     <title>COMMANDS</title>
  59
  60     <refsect2>
  61       <title>Creation/removal/querying</title>
  62
  63       <refsect3>
  64         <title>ADD</title>
  65         <cmdsynopsis>
  66           <command>add</command>
  67           <sbr>
  68           <arg choice="req">-t<group choice="req">
  69               <arg>diskless</arg>
  70               <arg>file</arg>
  71               <arg>plain</arg>
  72               <arg>drbd</arg>
  73             </group></arg>
  74           <sbr>
  75
  76           <group choice="req">
  77             <arg rep="repeat">--disk=<replaceable>N</replaceable>:size=<replaceable>VAL</replaceable><arg>,mode=<replaceable>ro|rw</replaceable></arg></arg>
  78             <arg>-s <replaceable>SIZE</replaceable></arg>
  79           </group>
  80           <sbr>
  81           <group>
  82             <arg rep="repeat">--net=<replaceable>N</replaceable><arg rep="repeat">:options</arg></arg>
  83             <arg>--no-nics</arg>
  84           </group>
  85           <sbr>
  86           <arg>-B <replaceable>BEPARAMS</replaceable></arg>
  87           <sbr>
  88
  89           <arg>-H <replaceable>HYPERVISOR</replaceable><arg>:<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat">option=<replaceable>value</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
  90           <sbr>
  91
  92           <arg>--file-storage-dir <replaceable>dir_path</replaceable></arg>
  93           <arg>--file-driver<group choice="req">
  94               <arg>loop</arg>
  95               <arg>blktap</arg>
  96             </group></arg>
  97           <sbr>
  98
  99           <group choice="req">
 100             <arg>-n <replaceable>node<optional>:secondary-node</optional></replaceable></arg>
 101             <arg>--iallocator <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
 102           </group>
 103           <sbr>
 104
 105           <arg choice="req">-o <replaceable>os-type</replaceable></arg>
 106           <sbr>
 107           <arg>--submit</arg>
 108           <sbr>
 109
 110           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
 111         </cmdsynopsis>
 112
 113         <para>
 114           Creates a new instance on the specified host. The
 115           <replaceable>instance</replaceable> argument must be in DNS,
 116           but depending on the bridge setup, need not be in the same
 117           network as the nodes in the cluster.
 118         </para>
 119
 120         <para>
 121           The <option>disk</option> option specifies the parameters
 122           for the disks of the instance. The numbering of disks starts
 123           at zero, and at least one disk needs to be passed. For each
 124           disk, at least the size needs to be given, and optionally
 125           the access mode (read-only or the default of read-write) can
 126           also be specified.  The size is interpreted (when no unit is
 127           given) in mebibytes. You can also use one of the suffixes
 128           <literal>m</literal>, <literal>g</literal> or
 129           <literal>t</literal> to specificy the exact the units used;
 130           these suffixes map to mebibytes, gibibytes and tebibytes.
 131         </para>
 132
 133         <para>
 134           Alternatively, a single-disk instance can be created via the
 135           <option>-s</option> option which takes a single argument,
 136           the size of the disk. This is similar to the Ganeti 1.2
 137           version (but will only create one disk).
 138         </para>
 139
 140         <para>
 141           The minimum disk specification is therefore
 142           <userinput>--disk 0:size=20G</userinput> (or <userinput>-s
 143           20G</userinput> when using the <option>-s</option> option),
 144           and a three-disk instance can be specified as
 145           <userinput>--disk 0:size=20G --disk 1:size=4G --disk
 146           2:size=100G</userinput>.
 147         </para>
 148
 149         <para>
 150           The NICs of the instances can be specified via the
 151           <option>--nic</option> option. By default, one NIC is
 152           created for the instance, with a random MAC, and connected
 153           to the default bridge. Each NIC can take up to three
 154           parameters (all optional):
 155           <variablelist>
 156             <varlistentry>
 157               <term>mac</term>
 158               <listitem>
 159                 <simpara>either a value or <constant>GENERATE</constant>
 160                   to generate a new unique MAC</simpara>
 161               </listitem>
 162             </varlistentry>
 163             <varlistentry>
 164               <term>ip</term>
 165               <listitem>
 166                 <simpara>specifies the IP address assigned to the
 167                   instance from the Ganeti side (this is not necessarily
 168                   what the instance will use, but what the node expects
 169                   the instance to use)</simpara>
 170               </listitem>
 171             </varlistentry>
 172             <varlistentry>
 173               <term>bridge</term>
 174               <listitem>
 175                 <simpara>specifies the bridge to attach this NIC
 176                   to</simpara>
 177               </listitem>
 178             </varlistentry>
 179           </variablelist>
 180         </para>
 181
 182         <para>
 183           Alternatively, if no network is desired for the instance, you
 184           can prevent the default of one NIC with the
 185           <option>--no-nics</option> option.
 186         </para>
 187
 188         <para>
 189           The <option>-o</option> options specifies the operating
 190           system to be installed. The available operating systems can
 191           be listed with <command>gnt-os list</command>.
 192         </para>
 193
 194         <para>
 195           The <option>-B</option> option specifies the backend
 196           parameters for the instance. If no such parameters are
 197           specified, the values are inherited from the cluster. Possible
 198           parameters are:
 199           <variablelist>
 200             <varlistentry>
 201               <term>memory</term>
 202               <listitem>
 203                 <simpara>the memory size of the instance; as usual,
 204                   suffixes can be used to denote the unit, otherwise the
 205                   value is taken in mebibites</simpara>
 206               </listitem>
 207             </varlistentry>
 208             <varlistentry>
 209               <term>vcpus</term>
 210               <listitem>
 211                 <simpara>the number of VCPUs to assign to the instance
 212                   (if this value makes sense for the hypervisor)</simpara>
 213               </listitem>
 214             </varlistentry>
 215             <varlistentry>
 216               <term>auto_balance</term>
 217               <listitem>
 218                 <simpara>whether the instance is considered in the N+1
 219                   cluster checks (enough redundancy in the cluster to
 220                   survive a node failure)</simpara>
 221               </listitem>
 222             </varlistentry>
 223           </variablelist>
 224         </para>
 225
 226         <para>
 227           The <option>-H</option> option specified the hypervisor to
 228           use for the instance (must be one of the enabled hypervisors
 229           on the cluster) and optionally custom parameters for this
 230           instance. If not other options are used (i.e. the invocation
 231           is just <userinput>-H
 232           <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></userinput>) the instance
 233           will inherit the cluster options. The defaults below show
 234           the cluster defaults at cluster creation time.
 235         </para>
 236
 237         <para>
 238           The possible hypervisor options are as follows:
 239           <variablelist>
 240             <varlistentry>
 241               <term>boot_order</term>
 242               <listitem>
 243                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM
 244                 hypervisors.</simpara>
 245
 246                 <simpara>A string value denoting the boot order. This
 247                 has different meaning for the Xen HVM hypervisor and
 248                 for the KVM one.</simpara>
 249
 250                 <simpara>
 251                   For Xen HVM, The boot order is a string of letters
 252                   listing the boot devices, with valid device letters
 253                   being:
 254                 </simpara>
 255                   <variablelist>
 256                     <varlistentry>
 257                       <term>a</term>
 258                       <listitem>
 259                         <para>
 260                           floppy drive
 261                         </para>
 262                       </listitem>
 263                     </varlistentry>
 264                     <varlistentry>
 265                       <term>c</term>
 266                       <listitem>
 267                         <para>
 268                           hard disk
 269                         </para>
 270                       </listitem>
 271                     </varlistentry>
 272                     <varlistentry>
 273                       <term>d</term>
 274                       <listitem>
 275                         <para>
 276                           CDROM drive
 277                         </para>
 278                       </listitem>
 279                     </varlistentry>
 280                     <varlistentry>
 281                       <term>n</term>
 282                       <listitem>
 283                         <para>
 284                           network boot (PXE)
 285                         </para>
 286                       </listitem>
 287                     </varlistentry>
 288                   </variablelist>
 289                 <simpara>
 290                   The default is not to set an HVM boot order which is
 291                   interpreted as 'dc'.
 292                 </simpara>
 293
 294               </listitem>
 295             </varlistentry>
 296             <varlistentry>
 297               <term>cdrom_image_path</term>
 298               <listitem>
 299                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 300
 301                 <simpara>The path to a CDROM image to attach to the
 302                 instance.</simpara>
 303
 304               </listitem>
 305             </varlistentry>
 306             <varlistentry>
 307               <term>nic_type</term>
 308               <listitem>
 309                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 310
 311                 <para>
 312                   This parameter determines the way the network cards
 313                   are presented to the instance. The possible options are:
 314                   <simplelist>
 315                     <member>rtl8139 (default for Xen HVM) (HVM & KVM)</member>
 316                     <member>ne2k_isa (HVM & KVM)</member>
 317                     <member>ne2k_pci (HVM & KVM)</member>
 318                     <member>i82551 (KVM)</member>
 319                     <member>i82557b (KVM)</member>
 320                     <member>i82559er (KVM)</member>
 321                     <member>pcnet (KVM)</member>
 322                     <member>e1000 (KVM)</member>
 323                     <member>paravirtual (default for KVM) (HVM & KVM)</member>
 324                   </simplelist>
 325                 </para>
 326               </listitem>
 327             </varlistentry>
 328             <varlistentry>
 329               <term>disk_type</term>
 330               <listitem>
 331                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 332
 333                 <para>
 334                   This parameter determines the way the disks are
 335                   presented to the instance. The possible options are:
 336                   <simplelist>
 337                     <member>ioemu (default for HVM & KVM) (HVM & KVM)</member>
 338                     <member>ide (HVM & KVM)</member>
 339                     <member>scsi (KVM)</member>
 340                     <member>sd (KVM)</member>
 341                     <member>mtd (KVM)</member>
 342                     <member>pflash (KVM)</member>
 343                   </simplelist>
 344                 </para>
 345               </listitem>
 346             </varlistentry>
 347             <varlistentry>
 348               <term>vnc_bind_address</term>
 349               <listitem>
 350                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 351
 352                 <para>Specifies the address that the VNC listener for
 353                 this instance should bind to. Valid values are IPv4
 354                 addresses. Use the address 0.0.0.0 to bind to all
 355                 available interfaces (this is the default) or specify
 356                 the address of one of the interfaces on the node to
 357                 restrict listening to that interface.</para>
 358               </listitem>
 359             </varlistentry>
 360
 361             <varlistentry>
 362               <term>vnc_tls</term>
 363               <listitem>
 364                 <simpara>Valid for the KVM hypervisor.</simpara>
 365
 366                 <simpara>A boolean option that controls whether the
 367                 VNC connection is secured with TLS.</simpara>
 368               </listitem>
 369             </varlistentry>
 370
 371             <varlistentry>
 372               <term>vnc_x509_path</term>
 373               <listitem>
 374                 <simpara>Valid for the KVM hypervisor.</simpara>
 375
 376                 <para>If <option>vnc_tls</option> is enabled, this
 377                 options specifies the path to the x509 certificate to
 378                 use.</para>
 379               </listitem>
 380             </varlistentry>
 381
 382             <varlistentry>
 383               <term>vnc_x509_verify</term>
 384               <listitem>
 385                 <simpara>Valid for the KVM hypervisor.</simpara>
 386               </listitem>
 387             </varlistentry>
 388
 389             <varlistentry>
 390               <term>acpi</term>
 391               <listitem>
 392                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 393
 394                 <para>
 395                   A boolean option that specifies if the hypervisor
 396                   should enable ACPI support for this instance. By
 397                   default, ACPI is disabled.
 398                 </para>
 399               </listitem>
 400             </varlistentry>
 401
 402             <varlistentry>
 403               <term>pae</term>
 404               <listitem>
 405                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen HVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 406
 407                 <para>
 408                   A boolean option that specifies if the hypervisor
 409                   should enabled PAE support for this instance. The
 410                   default is false, disabling PAE support.
 411                 </para>
 412               </listitem>
 413             </varlistentry>
 414
 415             <varlistentry>
 416               <term>kernel_path</term>
 417               <listitem>
 418                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen PVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 419
 420                 <para>
 421                   This option specifies the path (on the node) to the
 422                   kernel to boot the instance with. Xen PVM instances
 423                   always require this, while for KVM if this option is
 424                   empty, it will cause the machine to load the kernel
 425                   from its disks.
 426                 </para>
 427               </listitem>
 428             </varlistentry>
 429
 430             <varlistentry>
 431               <term>kernel_args</term>
 432               <listitem>
 433                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen PVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 434
 435                 <para>
 436                   This options specifies extra arguments to the kernel
 437                   that will be loaded.  device. This is always used
 438                   for Xen PVM, while for KVM it is only used if the
 439                   <option>kernel_path</option> option is also
 440                   specified.
 441                 </para>
 442
 443                 <para>
 444                   The default setting for this value is simply
 445                   <constant>"ro"</constant>, which mounts the root
 446                   disk (initially) in read-only one. For example,
 447                   setting this to <userinput>single</userinput> will
 448                   cause the instance to start in single-user mode.
 449                 </para>
 450               </listitem>
 451             </varlistentry>
 452
 453             <varlistentry>
 454               <term>initrd_path</term>
 455               <listitem>
 456                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen PVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 457
 458                 <para>
 459                   This option specifies the path (on the node) to the
 460                   initrd to boot the instance with. Xen PVM instances
 461                   can use this always, while for KVM if this option is
 462                   only used if the <option>kernel_path</option> option
 463                   is also specified.
 464                 </para>
 465               </listitem>
 466             </varlistentry>
 467
 468             <varlistentry>
 469               <term>root_path</term>
 470               <listitem>
 471                 <simpara>Valid for the Xen PVM and KVM hypervisors.</simpara>
 472
 473                 <para>
 474                   This options specifies the name of the root
 475                   device. This is always needed for Xen PVM, while for
 476                   KVM it is only used if the
 477                   <option>kernel_path</option> option is also
 478                   specified.
 479                 </para>
 480               </listitem>
 481             </varlistentry>
 482
 483             <varlistentry>
 484               <term>serial_console</term>
 485               <listitem>
 486                 <simpara>Valid for the KVM hypervisor.</simpara>
 487
 488                 <simpara>This boolean option specifies whether to
 489                 emulate a serial console for the instance.</simpara>
 490               </listitem>
 491             </varlistentry>
 492           </variablelist>
 493         </para>
 494
 495         <para>
 496         </para>
 497
 498         <para>
 499           The <option>--iallocator</option> option specifies the instance
 500           allocator plugin to use. If you pass in this option the allocator
 501           will select nodes for this instance automatically, so you don't need
 502           to pass them with the <option>-n</option> option. For more
 503           information please refer to the instance allocator documentation.
 504         </para>
 505
 506         <para>
 507           The <option>-t</option> options specifies the disk layout type for
 508           the instance. The available choices are:
 509           <variablelist>
 510             <varlistentry>
 511               <term>diskless</term>
 512               <listitem>
 513                 <para>
 514                   This creates an instance with no disks. Its useful for
 515                   testing only (or other special cases).
 516                 </para>
 517               </listitem>
 518             </varlistentry>
 519             <varlistentry>
 520               <term>file</term>
 521               <listitem>
 522                 <para>Disk devices will be regular files.</para>
 523               </listitem>
 524             </varlistentry>
 525             <varlistentry>
 526               <term>plain</term>
 527               <listitem>
 528                 <para>Disk devices will be logical volumes.</para>
 529               </listitem>
 530             </varlistentry>
 531             <varlistentry>
 532               <term>drbd</term>
 533               <listitem>
 534                 <para>
 535                   Disk devices will be drbd (version 8.x) on top of
 536                   lvm volumes.
 537                 </para>
 538               </listitem>
 539             </varlistentry>
 540           </variablelist>
 541         </para>
 542
 543         <para>
 544           The optional second value of the <option>--node</option> is used for
 545           the drbd template type and specifies the remote node.
 546         </para>
 547
 548         <para>
 549           If you do not want gnt-instance to wait for the disk mirror
 550           to be synced, use the <option>--no-wait-for-sync</option>
 551           option.
 552         </para>
 553
 554         <para>
 555           The <option>--file-storage-dir</option> specifies the relative path
 556           under the cluster-wide file storage directory to store file-based
 557           disks. It is useful for having different subdirectories for
 558           different instances. The full path of the directory where the disk
 559           files are stored will consist of cluster-wide file storage directory
 560           + optional subdirectory + instance name. Example:
 561           /srv/ganeti/file-storage/mysubdir/instance1.example.com. This option
 562           is only relevant for instances using the file storage backend.
 563         </para>
 564
 565         <para>
 566           The <option>--file-driver</option> specifies the driver to use for
 567           file-based disks. Note that currently these drivers work with the
 568           xen hypervisor only. This option is only relevant for instances using
 569           the file storage backend. The available choices are:
 570           <variablelist>
 571             <varlistentry>
 572               <term>loop</term>
 573               <listitem>
 574                 <para>
 575                   Kernel loopback driver. This driver uses loopback
 576                   devices to access the filesystem within the
 577                   file. However, running I/O intensive applications in
 578                   your instance using the loop driver might result in
 579                   slowdowns.  Furthermore, if you use the loopback
 580                   driver consider increasing the maximum amount of
 581                   loopback devices (on most systems it's 8) using the
 582                   max_loop param.
 583                 </para>
 584               </listitem>
 585             </varlistentry>
 586             <varlistentry>
 587               <term>blktap</term>
 588               <listitem>
 589                 <para>The blktap driver (for Xen hypervisors). In
 590                 order to be able to use the blktap driver you should
 591                 check if the 'blktapctrl' user space disk agent is
 592                 running (usually automatically started via xend). This
 593                 user-level disk I/O interface has the advantage of
 594                 better performance. Especially if you use a network
 595                 file system (e.g. NFS) to store your instances this is
 596                 the recommended choice.
 597                 </para>
 598               </listitem>
 599             </varlistentry>
 600           </variablelist>
 601         </para>
 602
 603         <para>
 604           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
 605           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
 606           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
 607           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
 608         </para>
 609
 610         <para>
 611           Example:
 612           <screen>
 613 # gnt-instance add -t file --disk 0:size=30g -B memory=512 -o debian-etch \
 614   -n node1.example.com --file-storage-dir=mysubdir instance1.example.com
 615 # gnt-instance add -t plain --disk 0:size=30g -B memory=512 -o debian-etch \
 616   -n node1.example.com instance1.example.com
 617 # gnt-instance add -t drbd --disk 0:size=30g -B memory=512 -o debian-etch \
 618   -n node1.example.com:node2.example.com instance2.example.com
 619           </screen>
 620         </para>
 621       </refsect3>
 622
 623       <refsect3>
 624         <title>BATCH-CREATE</title>
 625         <cmdsynopsis>
 626           <command>batch-create</command>
 627           <arg choice="req">instances_file.json</arg>
 628         </cmdsynopsis>
 629
 630         <para>
 631           This command (similar to the Ganeti 1.2
 632           <command>batcher</command> tool) submits multiple instance
 633           creation jobs based on a definition file. The instance
 634           configurations do not encompass all the possible options for
 635           the <command>add</command> command, but only a subset.
 636         </para>
 637
 638         <para>
 639           The instance file should be a valid-formed JSON file,
 640           containing a dictionary with instance name and instance
 641           parameters. The accepted parameters are:
 642
 643           <variablelist>
 644             <varlistentry>
 645               <term>disk_size</term>
 646               <listitem>
 647                 <simpara>The size of the disks of the instance.</simpara>
 648               </listitem>
 649             </varlistentry>
 650             <varlistentry>
 651               <term>disk_templace</term>
 652               <listitem>
 653                 <simpara>The disk template to use for the instance,
 654                 the same as in the <command>add</command>
 655                 command.</simpara>
 656               </listitem>
 657             </varlistentry>
 658             <varlistentry>
 659               <term>backend</term>
 660               <listitem>
 661                 <simpara>A dictionary of backend parameters.</simpara>
 662               </listitem>
 663             </varlistentry>
 664             <varlistentry>
 665               <term>hypervisor</term>
 666               <listitem>
 667                 <simpara>A dictionary with a single key (the
 668                 hypervisor name), and as value the hypervisor
 669                 options. If not passed, the default hypervisor and
 670                 hypervisor options will be inherited.</simpara>
 671               </listitem>
 672             </varlistentry>
 673             <varlistentry>
 674               <term>mac, ip, bridge</term>
 675               <listitem>
 676                 <simpara>Specifications for the one NIC that will be
 677                 created for the instance.</simpara>
 678               </listitem>
 679             </varlistentry>
 680             <varlistentry>
 681               <term>primary_node, secondary_node</term>
 682               <listitem>
 683                 <simpara>The primary and optionally the secondary node
 684                 to use for the instance (in case an iallocator script
 685                 is not used).</simpara>
 686               </listitem>
 687             </varlistentry>
 688             <varlistentry>
 689               <term>iallocator</term>
 690               <listitem>
 691                 <simpara>Instead of specifying the nodes, an
 692                 iallocator script can be used to automatically compute
 693                 them.</simpara>
 694               </listitem>
 695             </varlistentry>
 696             <varlistentry>
 697               <term>start</term>
 698               <listitem>
 699                 <simpara>whether to start the instance</simpara>
 700               </listitem>
 701             </varlistentry>
 702             <varlistentry>
 703               <term>ip_check</term>
 704               <listitem>
 705                 <simpara>Skip the check for already-in-use instance;
 706                 see the description in the <command>add</command>
 707                 command for details.</simpara>
 708               </listitem>
 709             </varlistentry>
 710             <varlistentry>
 711               <term>file_storage_dir, file_driver</term>
 712               <listitem>
 713                 <simpara>Configuration for the <literal>file</literal>
 714                 disk type, see the <command>add</command> command for
 715                 details.</simpara>
 716               </listitem>
 717             </varlistentry>
 718           </variablelist>
 719         </para>
 720
 721         <para>
 722           A simple definition for one instance can be (with most of
 723           the parameters taken from the cluster defaults):
 724           <screen>
 725 {
 726   "instance3": {
 727     "template": "drbd",
 728     "os": "debootstrap",
 729     "disk_size": ["25G"],
 730     "iallocator": "dumb"
 731   },
 732   "instance5": {
 733     "template": "drbd",
 734     "os": "debootstrap",
 735     "disk_size": ["25G"],
 736     "iallocator": "dumb",
 737     "hypervisor": "xen-hvm",
 738     "hvparams": {"acpi": true},
 739     "backend": {"memory": 512}
 740   }
 741 }
 742 </screen>
 743         </para>
 744
 745         <para>
 746           The command will display the job id for each submitted instance, as follows:
 747           <screen>
 748 # gnt-instance batch-create instances.json
 749 instance3: 11224
 750 instance5: 11225
 751 </screen>
 752         </para>
 753
 754       </refsect3>
 755
 756       <refsect3>
 757         <title>REMOVE</title>
 758
 759         <cmdsynopsis>
 760           <command>remove</command>
 761           <arg>--ignore-failures</arg>
 762           <arg>--submit</arg>
 763           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
 764         </cmdsynopsis>
 765
 766         <para>
 767           Remove an instance. This will remove all data from the
 768           instance and there is <emphasis>no way back</emphasis>. If
 769           you are not sure if you use an instance again, use
 770           <command>shutdown</command> first and leave it in the
 771           shutdown state for a while.
 772
 773         </para>
 774
 775         <para>
 776           The <option>--ignore-failures</option> option will cause the
 777           removal to proceed even in the presence of errors during the
 778           removal of the instance (e.g. during the shutdown or the
 779           disk removal). If this option is not given, the command will
 780           stop at the first error.
 781         </para>
 782
 783         <para>
 784           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
 785           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
 786           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
 787           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
 788         </para>
 789
 790         <para>
 791           Example:
 792           <screen>
 793 # gnt-instance remove instance1.example.com
 794           </screen>
 795         </para>
 796       </refsect3>
 797
 798       <refsect3>
 799         <title>LIST</title>
 800
 801         <cmdsynopsis>
 802           <command>list</command>
 803           <arg>--no-headers</arg>
 804           <arg>--separator=<replaceable>SEPARATOR</replaceable></arg>
 805           <arg>-o <replaceable>[+]FIELD,...</replaceable></arg>
 806           <arg rep="repeat">instance</arg>
 807         </cmdsynopsis>
 808
 809         <para>
 810           Shows the currently configured instances with memory usage,
 811           disk usage, the node they are running on, and their run
 812           status.
 813         </para>
 814
 815         <para>
 816           The <option>--no-headers</option> option will skip the
 817           initial header line. The <option>--separator</option> option
 818           takes an argument which denotes what will be used between
 819           the output fields. Both these options are to help scripting.
 820         </para>
 821
 822         <para>
 823           The <option>-o</option> option takes a comma-separated list
 824           of output fields. The available fields and their meaning
 825           are:
 826           <variablelist>
 827             <varlistentry>
 828               <term>name</term>
 829               <listitem>
 830                 <simpara>the instance name</simpara>
 831               </listitem>
 832             </varlistentry>
 833             <varlistentry>
 834               <term>os</term>
 835               <listitem>
 836                 <simpara>the OS of the instance</simpara>
 837               </listitem>
 838             </varlistentry>
 839             <varlistentry>
 840               <term>pnode</term>
 841               <listitem>
 842                 <simpara>the primary node of the instance</simpara>
 843               </listitem>
 844             </varlistentry>
 845             <varlistentry>
 846               <term>snodes</term>
 847               <listitem>
 848                 <simpara>comma-separated list of secondary nodes for the
 849                   instance; usually this will be just one node</simpara>
 850               </listitem>
 851             </varlistentry>
 852             <varlistentry>
 853               <term>admin_state</term>
 854               <listitem>
 855                 <simpara>the desired state of the instance (either "yes"
 856                   or "no" denoting the instance should run or
 857                   not)</simpara>
 858               </listitem>
 859             </varlistentry>
 860             <varlistentry>
 861               <term>disk_template</term>
 862               <listitem>
 863                 <simpara>the disk template of the instance</simpara>
 864               </listitem>
 865             </varlistentry>
 866             <varlistentry>
 867               <term>oper_state</term>
 868               <listitem>
 869                 <simpara>the actual state of the instance; can be
 870                 one of the values "running", "stopped", "(node
 871                 down)"</simpara>
 872               </listitem>
 873             </varlistentry>
 874             <varlistentry>
 875               <term>status</term>
 876               <listitem>
 877                 <simpara>combined form of admin_state and oper_stat;
 878                 this can be one of:
 879                 <computeroutput>ERROR_nodedown</computeroutput> if the
 880                 node of the instance is down,
 881                 <computeroutput>ERROR_down</computeroutput> if the
 882                 instance should run but is down,
 883                 <computeroutput>ERROR_up</computeroutput> if the
 884                 instance should be stopped but is actually running,
 885                 <computeroutput>ADMIN_down</computeroutput> if the
 886                 instance has been stopped (and is stopped) and
 887                 <computeroutput>running</computeroutput> if the
 888                 instance is set to be running (and is
 889                 running)</simpara>
 890               </listitem>
 891             </varlistentry>
 892             <varlistentry>
 893               <term>oper_ram</term>
 894               <listitem>
 895                 <simpara>the actual memory usage of the instance as seen
 896                   by the hypervisor</simpara>
 897               </listitem>
 898             </varlistentry>
 899             <varlistentry>
 900               <term>ip</term>
 901               <listitem>
 902                 <simpara>the ip address ganeti recognizes as associated with
 903                 the first instance interface</simpara>
 904               </listitem>
 905             </varlistentry>
 906             <varlistentry>
 907               <term>mac</term>
 908               <listitem>
 909                 <simpara>the first instance interface MAC address</simpara>
 910               </listitem>
 911             </varlistentry>
 912             <varlistentry>
 913               <term>bridge</term>
 914               <listitem>
 915                 <simpara>the bridge of the first instance NIC
 916                 </simpara>
 917               </listitem>
 918             </varlistentry>
 919             <varlistentry>
 920               <term>sda_size</term>
 921               <listitem>
 922                 <simpara>the size of the instance's first disk</simpara>
 923               </listitem>
 924             </varlistentry>
 925             <varlistentry>
 926               <term>sdb_size</term>
 927               <listitem>
 928                 <simpara>the size of the instance's second disk, if
 929                 any</simpara>
 930               </listitem>
 931             </varlistentry>
 932             <varlistentry>
 933               <term>vcpus</term>
 934               <listitem>
 935                 <simpara>the number of VCPUs allocated to the
 936                 instance</simpara>
 937               </listitem>
 938             </varlistentry>
 939             <varlistentry>
 940               <term>tags</term>
 941               <listitem>
 942                 <simpara>comma-separated list of the instances's
 943                 tags</simpara>
 944               </listitem>
 945             </varlistentry>
 946             <varlistentry>
 947               <term>serial_no</term>
 948               <listitem>
 949                 <simpara>the so called 'serial number' of the
 950                 instance; this is a numeric field that is incremented
 951                 each time the instance is modified, and it can be used
 952                 to track modifications</simpara>
 953               </listitem>
 954             </varlistentry>
 955             <varlistentry>
 956               <term>network_port</term>
 957               <listitem>
 958                 <simpara>If the instance has a network port assigned
 959                 to it (e.g. for VNC connections), this will be shown,
 960                 otherwise <literal>-</literal> will be
 961                 displayed.</simpara>
 962               </listitem>
 963             </varlistentry>
 964             <varlistentry>
 965               <term>beparams</term>
 966               <listitem>
 967                 <simpara>A text format of the entire beparams for the
 968                 instance. It's more useful to select individual fields
 969                 from this dictionary, see below.</simpara>
 970               </listitem>
 971             </varlistentry>
 972             <varlistentry>
 973               <term>disk.count</term>
 974               <listitem>
 975                 <simpara>The number of instance disks.</simpara>
 976               </listitem>
 977             </varlistentry>
 978             <varlistentry>
 979               <term>disk.size/N</term>
 980               <listitem>
 981                 <simpara>The size of the instance's Nth disk. This is
 982                 a more generic form of the <literal>sda_size</literal>
 983                 and <literal>sdb_size</literal> fields.</simpara>
 984               </listitem>
 985             </varlistentry>
 986             <varlistentry>
 987               <term>disk.sizes</term>
 988               <listitem>
 989                 <simpara>A comma-separated list of the disk sizes for
 990                 this instance.</simpara>
 991               </listitem>
 992             </varlistentry>
 993             <varlistentry>
 994               <term>disk_usage</term>
 995               <listitem>
 996                 <simpara>The total disk space used by this instance on
 997                 each of its nodes. This is not the instance-visible
 998                 disk size, but the actual disk "cost" of the
 999                 instance.</simpara>
1000               </listitem>
1001             </varlistentry>
1002             <varlistentry>
1003               <term>nic.mac/N</term>
1004               <listitem>
1005                 <simpara>The MAC of the Nth instance NIC.</simpara>
1006               </listitem>
1007             </varlistentry>
1008             <varlistentry>
1009               <term>nic.ip/N</term>
1010               <listitem>
1011                 <simpara>The IP address of the Nth instance NIC.</simpara>
1012               </listitem>
1013             </varlistentry>
1014             <varlistentry>
1015               <term>nic.bridge/N</term>
1016               <listitem>
1017                 <simpara>The bridge the Nth instance NIC is attached
1018                 to.</simpara>
1019               </listitem>
1020             </varlistentry>
1021             <varlistentry>
1022               <term>nic.macs</term>
1023               <listitem>
1024                 <simpara>A comma-separated list of all the MACs of the
1025                 instance's NICs.</simpara>
1026               </listitem>
1027             </varlistentry>
1028             <varlistentry>
1029               <term>nic.ips</term>
1030               <listitem>
1031                 <simpara>A comma-separated list of all the IP
1032                 addresses of the instance's NICs.</simpara>
1033               </listitem>
1034             </varlistentry>
1035             <varlistentry>
1036               <term>nic.bridges</term>
1037               <listitem>
1038                 <simpara>A comma-separated list of all the bridges of the
1039                 instance's NICs.</simpara>
1040               </listitem>
1041             </varlistentry>
1042             <varlistentry>
1043               <term>nic.count</term>
1044               <listitem>
1045                 <simpara>The number of instance nics.</simpara>
1046               </listitem>
1047             </varlistentry>
1048             <varlistentry>
1049               <term>hv/<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
1050               <listitem>
1051                 <simpara>The value of the hypervisor parameter called
1052                 <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. For details of what
1053                 hypervisor parameters exist and their meaning, see the
1054                 <command>add</command> command.</simpara>
1055               </listitem>
1056             </varlistentry>
1057             <varlistentry>
1058               <term>be/memory</term>
1059               <listitem>
1060                 <simpara>The configured memory for the instance.</simpara>
1061               </listitem>
1062             </varlistentry>
1063             <varlistentry>
1064               <term>be/vcpus</term>
1065               <listitem>
1066                 <simpara>The configured number of VCPUs for the
1067                 instance.</simpara>
1068               </listitem>
1069             </varlistentry>
1070             <varlistentry>
1071               <term>be/auto_balance</term>
1072               <listitem>
1073                 <simpara>Whether the instance is considered in N+1
1074                 checks.</simpara>
1075               </listitem>
1076             </varlistentry>
1077           </variablelist>
1078         </para>
1079
1080         <para>
1081           If the value of the option starts with the character
1082           <constant>+</constant>, the new field(s) will be added to the
1083           default list. This allows to quickly see the default list
1084           plus a few other fields, instead of retyping the entire list
1085           of fields.
1086         </para>
1087
1088         <para>
1089           There is a subtle grouping about the available output
1090           fields: all fields except for <option>oper_state</option>,
1091           <option>oper_ram</option> and <option>status</option> are
1092           configuration value and not run-time values. So if you don't
1093           select any of the these fields, the query will be satisfied
1094           instantly from the cluster configuration, without having to
1095           ask the remote nodes for the data. This can be helpful for
1096           big clusters when you only want some data and it makes sense
1097           to specify a reduced set of output fields.
1098         </para>
1099
1100         <para>The default output field list is:
1101           <simplelist type="inline">
1102             <member>name</member>
1103             <member>os</member>
1104             <member>pnode</member>
1105             <member>admin_state</member>
1106             <member>oper_state</member>
1107             <member>oper_ram</member>
1108           </simplelist>.
1109         </para>
1110       </refsect3>
1111
1112       <refsect3>
1113         <title>INFO</title>
1114
1115         <cmdsynopsis>
1116           <command>info</command>
1117           <group>
1118             <arg>-s</arg>
1119             <arg>--static</arg>
1120           </group>
1121           <group choice="req">
1122             <arg>--all</arg>
1123             <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1124           </group>
1125         </cmdsynopsis>
1126
1127         <para>
1128           Show detailed information about the given instance(s). This is
1129           different from <command>list</command> as it shows detailed data
1130           about the instance's disks (especially useful for the drbd disk
1131           template).
1132         </para>
1133
1134         <para>
1135           If the option <option>-s</option> is used, only information
1136           available in the configuration file is returned, without
1137           querying nodes, making the operation faster.
1138         </para>
1139
1140         <para>
1141           Use the <option>--all</option> to get info about all instances,
1142           rather than explicitely passing the ones you're interested in.
1143         </para>
1144       </refsect3>
1145
1146       <refsect3>
1147         <title>MODIFY</title>
1148
1149         <cmdsynopsis>
1150           <command>modify</command>
1151           <sbr>
1152           <arg choice="opt">-H <replaceable>HYPERVISOR_PARAMETERS</replaceable></arg>
1153           <sbr>
1154           <arg choice="opt">-B <replaceable>BACKEND_PARAMETERS</replaceable></arg>
1155           <sbr>
1156           <group>
1157             <arg>--net add<replaceable><optional>:options</optional></replaceable></arg>
1158             <arg>--net remove</arg>
1159             <arg>--net <replaceable>N:options</replaceable></arg>
1160           </group>
1161           <sbr>
1162           <group>
1163             <arg>--disk add:size=<replaceable>SIZE</replaceable></arg>
1164             <arg>--disk remove</arg>
1165             <arg>--disk <replaceable>N</replaceable>:mode=<replaceable>MODE</replaceable></arg>
1166           </group>
1167
1168           <sbr>
1169           <arg>--submit</arg>
1170           <sbr>
1171           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1172         </cmdsynopsis>
1173
1174         <para>
1175           Modifies the memory size, number of vcpus, ip address, MAC
1176           address and/or bridge for an instance. It can also add and
1177           remove disks and NICs to/from the instance. Note that you
1178           need to give at least one of the arguments, otherwise the
1179           command complains.
1180         </para>
1181
1182         <para>
1183           The <option>-H</option> option specifies hypervisor options
1184           in the form of <userinput>name=value[,...]</userinput>. For details which options can be specified, see the <command>add</command> command.
1185         </para>
1186
1187         <para>
1188           The <option>--disk
1189           add:size=<replaceable>SIZE</replaceable></option> option
1190           adds a disk to the instance. The <option>--disk
1191           remove</option> will remove the last disk of the
1192           instance. The <option>--disk
1193           <replaceable>N</replaceable>:mode=<replaceable>MODE</replaceable></option>
1194           option will change the mode of the Nth disk of the instance
1195           between read-only (<literal>ro</literal>) and read-write
1196           (<literal>rw</literal>).
1197         </para>
1198
1199         <para>
1200           The <option>--nic
1201           add:<replaceable>options</replaceable></option> option will
1202           add a new NIC to the instance. The available options are the
1203           same as in the <command>add</command> command (mac, ip,
1204           bridge). The <option>--nice remove</option> will remove the
1205           last NIC of the instance, while the <option>--nic
1206           <replaceable>N</replaceable>:<replaceable>options</replaceable></option>
1207           option will change the parameters of the Nth instance NIC.
1208         </para>
1209
1210         <para>
1211           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1212           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1213           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1214           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1215         </para>
1216
1217         <para>
1218           All the changes take effect at the next restart. If the
1219           instance is running, there is no effect on the instance.
1220         </para>
1221       </refsect3>
1222
1223       <refsect3>
1224         <title>REINSTALL</title>
1225
1226         <cmdsynopsis>
1227           <command>reinstall</command>
1228           <arg choice="opt">-o <replaceable>os-type</replaceable></arg>
1229           <arg choice="opt">-f <replaceable>force</replaceable></arg>
1230           <arg>--select-os</arg>
1231           <arg>--submit</arg>
1232           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1233         </cmdsynopsis>
1234
1235         <para>
1236           Reinstalls the operating system on the given instance. The
1237           instance must be stopped when running this command. If the
1238           <option>--os-type</option> is specified, the operating
1239           system is changed.
1240         </para>
1241
1242         <para>
1243           Since reinstall is potentially dangerous command, the user
1244           will be required to confirm this action, unless the
1245           <option>-f</option> flag is passed.
1246         </para>
1247
1248         <para>
1249           The <option>--select-os</option> option switches to an
1250           interactive OS reinstall. The user is prompted to select the OS
1251           template from the list of available OS templates.
1252         </para>
1253
1254         <para>
1255           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1256           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1257           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1258           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1259         </para>
1260
1261
1262       </refsect3>
1263
1264       <refsect3>
1265         <title>RENAME</title>
1266
1267         <cmdsynopsis>
1268           <command>rename</command>
1269           <arg>--no-ip-check</arg>
1270           <arg>--submit</arg>
1271           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1272           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>new_name</replaceable></arg>
1273         </cmdsynopsis>
1274
1275         <para>
1276           Renames the given instance. The instance must be stopped
1277           when running this command. The requirements for the new name
1278           are the same as for adding an instance: the new name must be
1279           resolvable and the IP it resolves to must not be reachable
1280           (in order to prevent duplicate IPs the next time the
1281           instance is started). The IP test can be skipped if the
1282           <option>--no-ip-check</option> option is passed.
1283         </para>
1284
1285         <para>
1286           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1287           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1288           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1289           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1290         </para>
1291
1292       </refsect3>
1293
1294     </refsect2>
1295
1296     <refsect2>
1297       <title>Starting/stopping/connecting to console</title>
1298
1299       <refsect3>
1300         <title>STARTUP</title>
1301
1302         <cmdsynopsis>
1303           <command>startup</command>
1304           <sbr>
1305           <arg>--force</arg>
1306           <sbr>
1307           <arg>--force-multiple</arg>
1308           <sbr>
1309           <group choice="opt">
1310             <arg>--instance</arg>
1311             <arg>--node</arg>
1312             <arg>--primary</arg>
1313             <arg>--secondary</arg>
1314             <arg>--all</arg>
1315           </group>
1316           <sbr>
1317           <arg>--submit</arg>
1318           <sbr>
1319           <arg choice="opt"
1320           rep="repeat"><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
1321         </cmdsynopsis>
1322
1323         <para>
1324           Starts one or more instances, depending on the following
1325           options. The four available modes are:
1326           <variablelist>
1327             <varlistentry>
1328               <term><option>--instance</option></term>
1329               <listitem>
1330                 <simpara>will start the instances given as arguments
1331                 (at least one argument required); this is the default
1332                 selection</simpara>
1333               </listitem>
1334             </varlistentry>
1335             <varlistentry>
1336               <term>--node</term>
1337               <listitem>
1338                 <simpara>will start the instances who have the given
1339                 node as either primary or secondary</simpara>
1340               </listitem>
1341             </varlistentry>
1342             <varlistentry>
1343               <term><option>--primary</option></term>
1344               <listitem>
1345                 <simpara>will start all instances whose primary node
1346                 is in the list of nodes passed as arguments (at least
1347                 one node required)</simpara>
1348               </listitem>
1349             </varlistentry>
1350             <varlistentry>
1351               <term><option>--secondary</option></term>
1352               <listitem>
1353                 <simpara>will start all instances whose secondary node
1354                 is in the list of nodes passed as arguments (at least
1355                 one node required)</simpara>
1356               </listitem>
1357             </varlistentry>
1358             <varlistentry>
1359               <term>--all</term>
1360               <listitem>
1361                 <simpara>will start all instances in the cluster (no
1362                 arguments accepted)</simpara>
1363               </listitem>
1364             </varlistentry>
1365           </variablelist>
1366         </para>
1367
1368         <para>
1369           Note that although you can pass more than one selection
1370           option, the last one wins, so in order to guarantee the
1371           desired result, don't pass more than one such option.
1372         </para>
1373
1374         <para>
1375           Use <option>--force</option> to start even if secondary disks are
1376           failing.
1377         </para>
1378
1379         <para>
1380           The <option>--force-multiple</option> will skip the
1381           interactive confirmation in the case the more than one
1382           instance will be affected.
1383         </para>
1384
1385         <para>
1386           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1387           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1388           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1389           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1390         </para>
1391
1392         <para>
1393           Example:
1394           <screen>
1395 # gnt-instance start instance1.example.com
1396 # gnt-instance start --node node1.example.com node2.example.com
1397 # gnt-instance start --all
1398           </screen>
1399         </para>
1400       </refsect3>
1401
1402       <refsect3>
1403         <title>SHUTDOWN</title>
1404
1405         <cmdsynopsis>
1406           <command>shutdown</command>
1407           <sbr>
1408           <arg>--force-multiple</arg>
1409           <sbr>
1410           <group choice="opt">
1411             <arg>--instance</arg>
1412             <arg>--node</arg>
1413             <arg>--primary</arg>
1414             <arg>--secondary</arg>
1415             <arg>--all</arg>
1416           </group>
1417           <sbr>
1418           <arg>--submit</arg>
1419           <sbr>
1420           <arg choice="opt"
1421           rep="repeat"><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
1422         </cmdsynopsis>
1423
1424         <para>
1425           Stops one or more instances. If the instance cannot be
1426           cleanly stopped during a hardcoded interval (currently 2
1427           minutes), it will forcibly stop the instance (equivalent to
1428           switching off the power on a physical machine).
1429         </para>
1430
1431         <para>
1432           The <option>--instance</option>, <option>--node</option>,
1433           <option>--primary</option>, <option>--secondary</option> and
1434           <option>--all</option> options are similar as for the
1435           <command>startup</command> command and they influence the
1436           actual instances being shutdown.
1437         </para>
1438
1439         <para>
1440           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1441           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1442           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1443           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1444         </para>
1445
1446
1447         <para>
1448           Example:
1449           <screen>
1450 # gnt-instance shutdown instance1.example.com
1451 # gnt-instance shutdown --all
1452           </screen>
1453         </para>
1454       </refsect3>
1455
1456       <refsect3>
1457         <title>REBOOT</title>
1458
1459         <cmdsynopsis>
1460           <command>reboot</command>
1461           <sbr>
1462           <arg>--type=<replaceable>REBOOT-TYPE</replaceable></arg>
1463           <sbr>
1464           <arg>--ignore-secondaries</arg>
1465           <sbr>
1466           <arg>--force-multiple</arg>
1467           <sbr>
1468           <group choice="opt">
1469             <arg>--instance</arg>
1470             <arg>--node</arg>
1471             <arg>--primary</arg>
1472             <arg>--secondary</arg>
1473             <arg>--all</arg>
1474           </group>
1475           <sbr>
1476           <arg>--submit</arg>
1477           <sbr>
1478           <arg choice="opt"
1479           rep="repeat"><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
1480         </cmdsynopsis>
1481
1482         <para>
1483           Reboots one or more instances. The type of reboot depends on
1484           the value of <option>--type</option>. A soft reboot does a
1485           hypervisor reboot, a hard reboot does a instance stop,
1486           recreates the hypervisor config for the instance and
1487           starts the instance. A full reboot does the equivalent
1488           of <command>gnt-instance shutdown &amp;&amp; gnt-instance
1489           startup</command>. The default is hard reboot.
1490         </para>
1491
1492         <para>
1493           For the hard reboot the option
1494           <option>--ignore-secondaries</option> ignores errors for the
1495           secondary node while re-assembling the instance disks.
1496         </para>
1497
1498         <para>
1499           The <option>--instance</option>, <option>--node</option>,
1500           <option>--primary</option>, <option>--secondary</option> and
1501           <option>--all</option> options are similar as for the
1502           <command>startup</command> command and they influence the
1503           actual instances being rebooted.
1504         </para>
1505
1506         <para>
1507           The <option>--force-multiple</option> will skip the
1508           interactive confirmation in the case the more than one
1509           instance will be affected.
1510         </para>
1511
1512         <para>
1513           Example:
1514           <screen>
1515 # gnt-instance reboot instance1.example.com
1516 # gnt-instance reboot --type=full instance1.example.com
1517           </screen>
1518         </para>
1519       </refsect3>
1520
1521       <refsect3>
1522         <title>CONSOLE</title>
1523         <cmdsynopsis>
1524           <command>console</command>
1525           <arg choice="opt">--show-cmd</arg>
1526           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1527         </cmdsynopsis>
1528
1529         <para>
1530           Connects to the console of the given instance. If the
1531           instance is not up, an error is returned. Use the
1532           <option>--show-cmd</option> option to display the command
1533           instead of executing it.
1534         </para>
1535
1536         <para>
1537           For HVM instances, this will attempt to connect to the
1538           serial console of the instance. To connect to the
1539           virtualized "physical" console of a HVM instance, use a VNC
1540           client with the connection info from the
1541           <command>info</command> command.
1542         </para>
1543
1544         <para>
1545           Example:
1546           <screen>
1547 # gnt-instance console instance1.example.com
1548           </screen>
1549         </para>
1550       </refsect3>
1551
1552     </refsect2>
1553
1554     <refsect2>
1555       <title>Disk management</title>
1556
1557       <refsect3>
1558         <title>REPLACE-DISKS</title>
1559
1560         <cmdsynopsis>
1561           <command>replace-disks</command>
1562           <arg>--submit</arg>
1563           <arg choice="req">-p</arg>
1564           <arg>--disks <replaceable>idx</replaceable></arg>
1565           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1566         </cmdsynopsis>
1567
1568         <cmdsynopsis>
1569           <command>replace-disks</command>
1570           <arg>--submit</arg>
1571           <arg choice="req">-s</arg>
1572           <arg>--disks <replaceable>idx</replaceable></arg>
1573           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1574         </cmdsynopsis>
1575
1576         <cmdsynopsis>
1577           <command>replace-disks</command>
1578           <arg>--submit</arg>
1579           <group choice="req">
1580             <arg>--iallocator <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
1581             <arg>--new-secondary <replaceable>NODE</replaceable></arg>
1582           </group>
1583
1584           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1585         </cmdsynopsis>
1586
1587         <para>
1588           This command is a generalized form for replacing disks. It
1589           is currently only valid for the mirrored (DRBD) disk
1590           template.
1591         </para>
1592
1593         <para>
1594           The first form (when passing the <option>-p</option> option)
1595           will replace the disks on the primary, while the second form
1596           (when passing the <option>-s</option> option will replace
1597           the disks on the secondary node. For these two cases (as the
1598           node doesn't change), it is possible to only run the replace
1599           for a subset of the disks, using the option
1600           <option>--disks</option> which takes a list of
1601           comma-delimited disk indices (zero-based),
1602           e.g. <userinput>0,2</userinput> to replace only the first
1603           and third disks.
1604         </para>
1605
1606         <para>
1607           The third form (when passing either the
1608           <option>--iallocator</option> or the
1609           <option>--new-secondary</option> option) is designed to
1610           change secondary node of the instance.  Specifying
1611           <option>--iallocator</option> makes the new secondary be
1612           selected automatically by the specified allocator plugin,
1613           otherwise the new secondary node will be the one chosen
1614           manually via the <option>--new-secondary</option> option.
1615         </para>
1616
1617         <para>
1618           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1619           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1620           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1621           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1622         </para>
1623
1624         <para>
1625           Note that it is not possible to select an offline or drained
1626           node as a new secondary.
1627         </para>
1628
1629       </refsect3>
1630
1631       <refsect3>
1632         <title>ACTIVATE-DISKS</title>
1633
1634         <cmdsynopsis>
1635           <command>activate-disks</command>
1636           <arg>--submit</arg>
1637           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1638         </cmdsynopsis>
1639         <para>
1640           Activates the block devices of the given instance. If
1641           successful, the command will show the location and name of
1642           the block devices:
1643           <screen>
1644 node1.example.com:disk/0:/dev/drbd0
1645 node1.example.com:disk/1:/dev/drbd1
1646           </screen>
1647
1648           In this example, <emphasis>node1.example.com</emphasis> is
1649           the name of the node on which the devices have been
1650           activated. The <emphasis>disk/0</emphasis> and
1651           <emphasis>disk/1</emphasis> are the Ganeti-names of the
1652           instance disks; how they are visible inside the instance is
1653           hypervisor-specific. <emphasis>/dev/drbd0</emphasis> and
1654           <emphasis>/dev/drbd1</emphasis> are the actual block devices
1655           as visible on the node.
1656         </para>
1657
1658         <para>
1659           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1660           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1661           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1662           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1663         </para>
1664
1665         <para>
1666           Note that it is safe to run this command while the instance
1667           is already running.
1668         </para>
1669       </refsect3>
1670
1671       <refsect3>
1672         <title>DEACTIVATE-DISKS</title>
1673
1674         <cmdsynopsis>
1675           <command>deactivate-disks</command>
1676           <arg>--submit</arg>
1677           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1678         </cmdsynopsis>
1679         <para>
1680           De-activates the block devices of the given instance. Note
1681           that if you run this command for an instance with a drbd
1682           disk template, while it is running, it will not be able to
1683           shutdown the block devices on the primary node, but it will
1684           shutdown the block devices on the secondary nodes, thus
1685           breaking the replication.
1686         </para>
1687
1688         <para>
1689           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1690           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1691           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1692           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1693         </para>
1694
1695       </refsect3>
1696
1697       <refsect3>
1698         <title>GROW-DISK</title>
1699         <cmdsynopsis>
1700           <command>grow-disk</command>
1701           <arg>--no-wait-for-sync</arg>
1702           <arg>--submit</arg>
1703           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1704           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>disk</replaceable></arg>
1705           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>amount</replaceable></arg>
1706         </cmdsynopsis>
1707
1708         <para>
1709           Grows an instance's disk. This is only possible for
1710           instances having a <literal>plain</literal> or
1711           <literal>drbd</literal> disk template.
1712         </para>
1713
1714         <para>
1715           Note that this command only change the block device size; it
1716           will not grow the actual filesystems, partitions, etc. that
1717           live on that disk. Usually, you will need to:
1718           <orderedlist>
1719             <listitem>
1720               <simpara>use <command>gnt-instance grow-disk</command></simpara>
1721             </listitem>
1722             <listitem>
1723               <simpara>reboot the instance (later, at a convenient
1724               time)</simpara>
1725             </listitem>
1726             <listitem>
1727               <simpara>use a filesystem resizer, such as
1728               <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>ext2online</refentrytitle>
1729               <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> or
1730               <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>xfs_growfs</refentrytitle>
1731               <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> to resize the
1732               filesystem, or use <citerefentry>
1733               <refentrytitle>fdisk</refentrytitle>
1734               <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> to change the
1735               partition table on the disk
1736               </simpara>
1737             </listitem>
1738           </orderedlist>
1739         </para>
1740
1741
1742         <para>
1743           The <replaceable>disk</replaceable> argument is the index of
1744           the instance disk to grow. The
1745           <replaceable>amount</replaceable> argument is given either
1746           as a number (and it represents the amount to increase the
1747           disk with in mebibytes) or can be given similar to the
1748           arguments in the create instance operation, with a suffix
1749           denoting the unit.
1750         </para>
1751
1752         <para>
1753           Note that the disk grow operation might complete on one node
1754           but fail on the other; this will leave the instance with
1755           different-sized LVs on the two nodes, but this will not
1756           create problems (except for unused space).
1757         </para>
1758
1759         <para>
1760           If you do not want gnt-instance to wait for the new disk
1761           region to be synced, use the
1762           <option>--no-wait-for-sync</option> option.
1763         </para>
1764
1765         <para>
1766           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1767           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1768           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1769           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1770         </para>
1771
1772
1773         <para>Example (increase the first disk for instance1 by 16GiB):
1774           <screen>
1775 # gnt-instance grow-disk instance1.example.com 0 16g
1776           </screen>
1777         </para>
1778
1779         <para>
1780           Also note that disk shrinking is not supported; use
1781           <command>gnt-backup export</command> and then
1782           <command>gnt-backup import</command> to reduce the disk size
1783           of an instance.
1784         </para>
1785       </refsect3>
1786
1787     </refsect2>
1788
1789     <refsect2>
1790       <title>Recovery</title>
1791
1792       <refsect3>
1793         <title>FAILOVER</title>
1794
1795         <cmdsynopsis>
1796           <command>failover</command>
1797           <arg>-f</arg>
1798           <arg>--ignore-consistency</arg>
1799           <arg>--submit</arg>
1800           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1801         </cmdsynopsis>
1802
1803         <para>
1804           Failover will fail the instance over its secondary
1805           node. This works only for instances having a drbd disk
1806           template.
1807         </para>
1808
1809         <para>
1810           Normally the failover will check the consistency of the
1811           disks before failing over the instance. If you are trying to
1812           migrate instances off a dead node, this will fail. Use the
1813           <option>--ignore-consistency</option> option for this
1814           purpose. Note that this option can be dangerous as errors in
1815           shutting down the instance will be ignored, resulting in
1816           possibly having the instance running on two machines in
1817           parallel (on disconnected DRBD drives).
1818         </para>
1819
1820         <para>
1821           The <option>--submit</option> option is used to send the job to
1822           the master daemon but not wait for its completion. The job
1823           ID will be shown so that it can be examined via
1824           <command>gnt-job info</command>.
1825         </para>
1826
1827         <para>
1828           Example:
1829           <screen>
1830 # gnt-instance failover instance1.example.com
1831           </screen>
1832         </para>
1833       </refsect3>
1834
1835       <refsect3>
1836         <title>MIGRATE</title>
1837
1838         <cmdsynopsis>
1839           <command>migrate</command>
1840           <arg>-f</arg>
1841           <arg choice="req">--cleanup</arg>
1842           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1843         </cmdsynopsis>
1844
1845         <cmdsynopsis>
1846           <command>migrate</command>
1847           <arg>-f</arg>
1848           <arg>--non-live</arg>
1849           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
1850         </cmdsynopsis>
1851
1852         <para>
1853           Migrate will move the instance to its secondary node without
1854           shutdown. It only works for instances having the drbd8 disk
1855           template type.
1856         </para>
1857
1858         <para>
1859           The migration command needs a perfectly healthy instance, as
1860           we rely on the dual-master capability of drbd8 and the disks
1861           of the instance are not allowed to be degraded.
1862         </para>
1863
1864         <para>
1865           The <option>--non-live</option> option will switch (for the
1866           hypervisors that support it) between a "fully live"
1867           (i.e. the interruption is as minimal as possible) migration
1868           and one in which the instance is frozen, its state saved and
1869           transported to the remote node, and then resumed there. This
1870           all depends on the hypervisor support for two different
1871           methods. In any case, it is not an error to pass this
1872           parameter (it will just be ignored if the hypervisor doesn't
1873           support it).
1874         </para>
1875
1876         <para>
1877           If the <option>--cleanup</option> option is passed, the
1878           operation changes from migration to attempting recovery from
1879           a failed previous migration. In this mode, ganeti checks if
1880           the instance runs on the correct node (and updates its
1881           configuration if not) and ensures the instances's disks are
1882           configured correctly. In this mode, the
1883           <option>--non-live</option> option is ignored.
1884         </para>
1885
1886         <para>
1887           The option <option>-f</option> will skip the prompting for
1888           confirmation.
1889         </para>
1890         <para>
1891           Example (and expected output):
1892           <screen>
1893 # gnt-instance migrate instance1
1894 Migrate will happen to the instance instance1. Note that migration is
1895 **experimental** in this version. This might impact the instance if
1896 anything goes wrong. Continue?
1897 y/[n]/?: y
1898 * checking disk consistency between source and target
1899 * ensuring the target is in secondary mode
1900 * changing disks into dual-master mode
1901  - INFO: Waiting for instance instance1 to sync disks.
1902  - INFO: Instance instance1's disks are in sync.
1903 * migrating instance to node2.example.com
1904 * changing the instance's disks on source node to secondary
1905  - INFO: Waiting for instance instance1 to sync disks.
1906  - INFO: Instance instance1's disks are in sync.
1907 * changing the instance's disks to single-master
1908 #
1909           </screen>
1910         </para>
1911       </refsect3>
1912
1913     </refsect2>
1914
1915     <refsect2>
1916       <title>TAGS</title>
1917
1918     <refsect3>
1919         <title>ADD-TAGS</title>
1920
1921         <cmdsynopsis>
1922           <command>add-tags</command>
1923           <arg choice="opt">--from <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
1924           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instancename</replaceable></arg>
1925           <arg choice="req"
1926             rep="repeat"><replaceable>tag</replaceable></arg>
1927         </cmdsynopsis>
1928
1929         <para>
1930           Add tags to the given instance. If any of the tags contains
1931           invalid characters, the entire operation will abort.
1932         </para>
1933         <para>
1934           If the <option>--from</option> option is given, the list of
1935           tags will be extended with the contents of that file (each
1936           line becomes a tag). In this case, there is not need to pass
1937           tags on the command line (if you do, both sources will be
1938           used). A file name of - will be interpreted as stdin.
1939         </para>
1940       </refsect3>
1941
1942       <refsect3>
1943         <title>LIST-TAGS</title>
1944
1945         <cmdsynopsis>
1946           <command>list-tags</command>
1947           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instancename</replaceable></arg>
1948         </cmdsynopsis>
1949
1950         <para>List the tags of the given instance.</para>
1951       </refsect3>
1952
1953       <refsect3>
1954         <title>REMOVE-TAGS</title>
1955         <cmdsynopsis>
1956           <command>remove-tags</command>
1957           <arg choice="opt">--from <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
1958           <arg choice="req"><replaceable>instancename</replaceable></arg>
1959           <arg choice="req"
1960             rep="repeat"><replaceable>tag</replaceable></arg>
1961         </cmdsynopsis>
1962
1963         <para>
1964           Remove tags from the given instance. If any of the tags are
1965           not existing on the node, the entire operation will abort.
1966         </para>
1967
1968         <para>
1969           If the <option>--from</option> option is given, the list of
1970           tags will be extended with the contents of that file (each
1971           line becomes a tag). In this case, there is not need to pass
1972           tags on the command line (if you do, both sources will be
1973           used). A file name of - will be interpreted as stdin.
1974         </para>
1975       </refsect3>
1976
1977     </refsect2>
1978
1979   </refsect1>
1980
1981   &footer;
1982
1983 </refentry>
1984
1985 <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
1986 Local variables:
1987 mode: sgml
1988 sgml-omittag:t
1989 sgml-shorttag:t
1990 sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
1991 sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
1992 sgml-indent-step:2
1993 sgml-indent-data:t
1994 sgml-parent-document:nil
1995 sgml-default-dtd-file:nil
1996 sgml-exposed-tags:nil
1997 sgml-local-catalogs:nil
1998 sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
1999 End:
2000 -->