A pacemaker node continuously attempts to fence and reports repeated failures

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A cluster node is continuously attempting to fence but fails with errors:
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: Client stonith-api.32443.ba7f9538 wants to fence (reboot) '2' with device '(any)'
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: Requesting peer fencing (reboot) of node2.redacted
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: zvm-smapi1 can fence (reboot) node2.redacted (aka. 'NODE2'): static-list
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: zvm-smapi1 can fence (reboot) node2.redacted (aka. 'NODE2'): static-list
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr: Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr:
Jul 24 00:11:04 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr:
Jul 24 00:11:05 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: zvm-smapi1 can fence (reboot) node1.redacted (aka. 'NODE1'): static-list
Jul 24 00:11:05 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr: Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available
Jul 24 00:11:05 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr:
Jul 24 00:11:05 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr:
Jul 24 00:11:05 node1 stonith-ng:    error: Operation 'reboot' (call 2 from stonith-api.32443) for host 'node2.redacted' with device 'zvm-smapi1' returned: -201 (Generic Pacemaker error)
Jul 24 00:11:06 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: zvm-smapi1 can fence (reboot) node1.redacted (aka. 'NODE1'): static-list
Jul 24 00:11:06 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr: Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available
Jul 24 00:11:06 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr:
Jul 24 00:11:06 node1 stonith-ng:  warning: fence_zvmip stderr:
Jul 24 00:11:07 node1 stonith-ng:   notice: Couldn't find anyone to fence (reboot) node2.redacted with any device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6, 7, 8 and 9 (with the High Availability Add On)
  • Pacemaker

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