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HV_KVP_DAEMON(8)	    System Manager's Manual	      HV_KVP_DAEMON(8)

NAME
       hv_kvp_daemon --	Hyper-V	Key Value Pair Daemon

SYNOPSIS
       hv_kvp_daemon [-dn]

DESCRIPTION
       The  hv_kvp_daemon daemon provides the ability to store,	retrieve, mod-
       ify and delete Key Value	pairs for FreeBSD guest	partitions running  on
       Hyper-V.

       Hyper-V	allows	administrators to store	custom metadata	in the form of
       Key Value pairs inside the FreeBSD guest	partition.  Administrators can
       use Windows Powershell scripts to add, read, modify and delete such Key
       Value pairs.

       The hv_kvp_daemon accepts Key Value pair	management requests  from  the
       hv_utils(4)  driver  and	performs the actual metadata management	on the
       file-system.

       The same	daemon and driver combination is also used to set and  get  IP
       addresses from a	FreeBSD	guest.

       The  set	functionality is particularly useful when the FreeBSD guest is
       assigned	a static IP address and	is failed over from one	 Hyper-V  host
       to  another.   After failover, Hyper-V uses the set IP functionality to
       automatically update the	FreeBSD	guest's	IP  address  to	 its  original
       static value.

       On the other hand, the get IP functionality is used to update the guest
       IP address in the Hyper-V management console window.

       The options are as follows:

       -d      Run  as	regular	process	instead	of a daemon for	debugging pur-
	       pose.

       -n      Generate	debugging output.

SEE ALSO
       hv_vmbus(4),	 hv_utils(4),	    hv_netvsc(4),	hv_storvsc(4),
       hv_ata_pci_disengage(4),	hv_kvp(4)

HISTORY
       Support	for Hyper-V in the form	of ports was first released in Septem-
       ber 2013.  The daemon was developed through a joint effort between Cit-
       rix Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Network Appliance Inc..

AUTHORS
       FreeBSD support for hv_kvp_daemon was  first  added  by	Microsoft  BSD
       Integration Services Team <bsdic@microsoft.com>.

FreeBSD	15.0		       October 27, 2014		      HV_KVP_DAEMON(8)

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