X-Git-Url: https://code.grnet.gr/git/ganeti-local/blobdiff_plain/7b25591329391d0b6e88c00c6a45a55a8635d02e..2c9b2122732565c8972e0bdc560378371fdc9bec:/hbal.1?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/hbal.1 b/hbal.1
index 767b4ef..c7a8e79 100644
--- a/hbal.1
+++ b/hbal.1
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ hbal \- Cluster balancer for Ganeti
 .B "[-C]"
 .B "[-p]"
 .B "[-o]"
+.B "[-v... | -q]"
 .BI "[-l" limit "]"
 .BI "[-O" name... "]"
+.BI "[-e" score "]"
 .BI "[-m " cluster "]"
 .BI "[-n " nodes-file " ]"
 .BI "[-i " instances-file "]"
@@ -245,6 +247,28 @@ node is offline, since this move requires a failover.
 these nodes will not be included in the score calculation (except for
 the percentage of instances on offline nodes)
 .RE
+Note that hbal will also mark as offline any nodes which are reported
+by RAPI as such, or that have "?" in file-based input in any numeric
+fields.
+.RE
+
+.TP
+.BI "-e" score ", --min-score=" score
+This parameter denotes the minimum score we are happy with and alters
+the computation in two ways:
+.RS
+.RS 4
+.TP 3
+\(em
+if the cluster has the initial score lower than this value, then we
+don't enter the algorithm at all, and exit with success
+.TP
+\(em
+during the iterative process, if we reach a score lower than this
+value, we exit the algorithm
+.RE
+The default value of the parameter is currently \fI1e-9\fR (chosen
+empirically).
 .RE
 
 .TP
@@ -263,8 +287,10 @@ how to customize the default value via the environment).
 .BI "-m" cluster
 Collect data not from files but directly from the
 .I cluster
-given as an argument via RAPI. This work for both Ganeti 1.2 and
-Ganeti 2.0.
+given as an argument via RAPI. If the argument doesn't contain a colon
+(:), then it is converted into a fully-built URL via prepending
+https:// and appending the default RAPI port, otherwise it's
+considered a fully-specified URL and is used unchanged.
 
 .TP
 .BI "-l" N ", --max-length=" N
@@ -275,7 +301,13 @@ automate the execution of the balancing.
 .B -v, --verbose
 Increase the output verbosity. Each usage of this option will increase
 the verbosity (currently more than 2 doesn't make sense) from the
-default of zero.
+default of one.
+
+.TP
+.B -q, --quiet
+Decrease the output verbosity. Each usage of this option will decrease
+the verbosity (less than zero doesn't make sense) from the default of
+one.
 
 .TP
 .B -V, --version