Host scavenging configuration and control using CLI

This feature is enabled by running the following commands.

Scavenge-ready hosts need both the scavenge resource tag and the agent control flag set.

Note:

If you configured the host as scavenge-ready during the Symphony installation on that host, it is not necessary to configure the resource tag.

  • Scavenge resource tag (scvg): Marks a desktop host as scavenge-ready and allows it to be identified with a desktop scavenge resource group.

  • Scavenge resource tag (svrscvg): Marks a server host as scavenge-ready and allows it to be identified with a server scavenge resource group.

  • Agent control (agent_control): Enables or disables EGO's ability to open and close the host using the information collected by the local scavenging agent. The value can be on, fastrelease, or off.

Where

Command

Description

On each desktop host that you want scavenged

egoconfig addresourceattr "[resource scvg]".

Adds a "scvg" tag to desktop hosts to indicate they are scavenge-ready.

On each server host that you want scavenged

egoconfig addresourceattr "[resource svrscvg]".

Adds a "svrscvg" tag to server hosts to indicate they are scavenge-ready.

From any host

egosh ego elimrestart SA on host_name

Sets the "agent_control" flag to "on" and enables EGO to scavenge the specified host(s) using default threshold values. When the host is closed, the grace period for workload is honored.

From any host

egosh ego elimrestart SA fastrelease host_name

Sets the "agent_control" flag to "fastrelease" and enables EGO to scavenge the specified host(s), using default threshold values, but not honoring the grace period for workload when the host is closed.

Follow the steps in Enable host scavenging using the CLI to set up this feature.