List of M3 Command Line Tools

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The Anvil! uses a fairly naming convention. That is;

• Tools that start with striker-X are tools useful mainly to Striker dasboards.
• Tools that start with anvil-X are tools that can be useful on any machine in the Anvil! cluster

Separately, Scancore has a collection of scan agents, programs designed to collect information on hardware, software or other sources of information that can prove useful to the Scancore decision engine. These agents are core to the Anvil! system's Intelligent Availability capabilities.

Striker-Specific Tools

Command	Brief Description
striker-auto-initialize-all	Tools to autonomously configure all machines in an Anvil! IA cluster
striker-boot-machine	Tool used to boot physical machines that have IPMI configuration information.
striker-check-machines	This program tests access and, when not reachable, checks the power state if out of band management is available.
striker-collect-debug	This program collects data needed to help diagnose problems with an Anvil! system.
striker-db-status	This shows the current status of striker dashboards
striker-file-manager	This manages the files available for use by servers
striker-get-peer-data	This manages peering two Striker dashboards
striker-get-screenshots	Tool used to collect screenshots from Anvil! subnodes and DR hosts
striker-initialize-host	Tool used on Striker dashboards to initialize new Nodes and DR hosts.
striker-manage-install-target	This manages the "Install Target" feature on Striker dashboards
striker-manage-peers	This manages peering two Striker dashboards
striker-parse-oui	This parses the IEEE OUI file and parses it for storage in the Anvil database
striker-purge-target	This tool purges the target from all Anvil! databases.
striker-scan-network	This scans accessible networks to create a map of MAC addresses to IP addresses
striker-show-db-counts	This shows the number of records in accessible databases.
striker-show-jobs	This shows the queued, running and (recently) completed jobs.
striker-update-cluster	This program updates all physical machines in an Anvil! cluster

General Tools

Command	Brief Description
anvil-access-module	External-facing interface to Anvil! internal functions.
anvil-boot-server	Tool used to boot servers (virtual machines) on the Anvil! IA cluster.
anvil-change-password	Tool used to change / reset the main Anvil! password.
anvil-check-memory	This reports the total memory used by all processes with to passed-in program name.
anvil-configure-host	This program configures the host for use in an Anvil! cluster.
anvil-delete-server	This program deletes a server from an Anvil! sub-cluster.
anvil-download-file	This program downloads a file from a URL
anvil-file-details	Display details of the file passed in
anvil-join-anvil	This tool assembles two subnodes into a node.
anvil-maintenance-mode	This program manages flagging a machine in an Anvil! cluster as being in maintenance mode
anvil-manage-alerts	This program manages alerts; Email servers, recipients, alert-override overrides, and generating test alerts.
anvil-manage-daemons	Tool used to monitor and manage Anvil! daemons.
anvil-manage-dr	This program manages if a server is (and when) a server is protected by a DR host.
anvil-manage-files	This program manages the files sync'ed across machines in the Anvil! cluster
anvil-manage-firewall	This program manages the firewall rules on the host.
anvil-manage-host	Tool used to check or set various configuration options for a host.
anvil-manage-keys	Tool used to manage ssh keys.
anvil-manage-power	This program can power off, reboot, or set a flag indicating one of these actions are required.
anvil-manage-server	Tool used to manage a server, like resync'ing servers on a rebuilt host.
anvil-manage-server-storage	This tool is used to add a disk, grow an existing disk, change the ISO (optical disk) in a virtual optical drive, and change boot devices.
anvil-manage-server-system	Tool used to manage the system configuration of a hosted server.
anvil-manage-storage-groups	This program manages if a server is (and when) a server is protected by a DR host.
anvil-manage-vnc-pipe	builds or destroys "VNC pipe"
anvil-migrate-server	Tool to migrate servers between subnodes in an Anvil! node.
anvil-parse-fence-agents	Tool to create a unified XML file with all available fence agent metadata.
anvil-pcs-wrapper	Tools to prevent parallel runs of 'pcs'.
anvil-provision-server	Tool to provision new servers.
anvil-rename-server	Tool to rename servers.
anvil-report-usage	This program reports the current resource usage of servers and the available resources remaining on Anvil! nodes
anvil-safe-start	This program safely joins an Anvil! subnode to a node.
anvil-safe-stop	Tool to show IP addresses, MAC addresses and interface names in use on the system
anvil-show-local-ips	Tool to show IP addresses, MAC addresses and interface names in use on the system
anvil-shutdown-server	This program shuts down servers hosted on the Anvil! cluster.
anvil-special-operations	This program is generally meant to be used by other programs.
anvil-sync-shared	Tool to sync and manage files on the Anvil! cluster.
anvil-update-issue	Tool to update /etc/issues with the current IP addresses on the system
anvil-update-system	This program updates the local operting system
anvil-version-changes	Tool to do post update changes to the Anvil! cluster
anvil-virsh-wrapper	Tools to prevent parallel runs of 'virsh'.
anvil-watch-bonds	Tools to monitor the state of bonded network interfaces
anvil-watch-drbd	This program displays the status of DRBD connections in a concise format.
anvil-watch-power	Tool used to watch the status of UPSes powering an Anvil! cluster.
anvil-watch-servers	Tool used to watch the status of servers on an Anvil! node.

Scan Agents

Command	Brief Description
scan-apc-pdu	Scancore scan agent for APC-brand switched PDUs.
scan-apc-ups	Scancore scan agent for APC-brand network connected UPSes.
scan-cluster	Scancore scan agent for pacemaker cluster status.
scan-drbd	Scancore scan agent for LINBIT's DRBD resources.
scan-filesystems	Scancore scan agent for monitoring filesystems.
scan-hardware	Scancore scan agent for monitoring non-IPMI hardware status.
scan-hpacucli	Scancore scan agent for HPE brand RAID controllers
scan-ipmitool	Scancore scan agent for IPMI BMC sensor data.
scan-lvm	Scancore scan agent for logival volume management.
scan-network	Scancore scan agent for network interface states.
scan-server	Scancore scan agent for KVM/qemu virtual server states.
scan-storcli	Scancore scan agent for LSI based RAID controllers, including Dell 'PERC' RAID controllers.

Specialized Tools

These tools are designed for use primarily by other tools, and are not meant to be used by administrators directly.

Command	Brief Description
anvil-daemon	This is the main Anvil! daemon. It maintains the state of the various machines in the cluster, runs jobs as needed, etc.
anvil-monitor-network	This is a daemon that watches for changes to network interfaces. When changes are detected, the 'scan-network' scan agent is called. This ensures that changes are quickly reflected in the Anvil! database, which is particularly useful when mapping network interfaces.
anvil-monitor-performance	This is a daemon that collects performance data and records it in the anvil.log log file. This is designed to help diagnose performance issues by keeping track of CPU load, I/O wait times, and other metrics.
alteeve-repo-setup	This tool configures the Alteeve repository. Primarily it is used to setup the repository needed to access Alteeve software, and to switch between the community and enterprise repositories.
fence_delay	This is a pseudo fence agent that the Anvil! uses automatically when a subnode has an IPMI BMC. It's purpose is the slow down Pacemaker to give time for the IPMI BMC to boot after a power fence device, like a switched PDU, cut and restored power to a failed node.
fence_pacemaker	This is a DRBD fence agent. It acts as a glue layer so that DRBD can request a resource (or node) be fenced, and passing that request on to Pacemaker.
scancore	This is the Scancore daemon, which is the component of the Anvil! cluster that provides all of the Intelligent Availability / risk mitigation.
unfence_pacemaker	This is the DRBD "unfence" agent. It acts as a glue layer so that DRBD can request a resource be unfenced, and passing that request on to Pacemaker.

 

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