Creation of fence_sbd stonith device fails with "Agent 'fence_sbd' is not installed or does not provide valid metadata"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Agent 'fence_sbd' is not installed or does not provide valid metadata
  • Unable to set up SBD poison-pill fencing
# pcs stonith create sbd fence_sbd devices=/dev/disk/by-id/dm-name-iscsi_lun4p1
Error: Agent 'fence_sbd' is not installed or does not provide valid metadata: Metadata query for stonith:fence_sbd failed: -5, use --force to override

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (with the High Availability Add on)

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