fence_rhevm monitor operation fails with message "Could not resolve host: rhevmhost.example.com; Unknown error"

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Issue

  • fence_rhevm monitor operation times out with following error messages:

    Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 fence_rhevm: (6, 'Could not resolve host: rhevmhost.example.com; Unknown error')   <---------
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 fence_rhevm: Connection timed out
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 stonith-ng[12086]:  notice: fence_rhevm_monitor_1:122001:stderr [ 2023-09-05 20:53:47,540 ERROR: (6, 'Could not resolve host: rhevmhost.example.com; Unknown error') ]
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 stonith-ng[12086]:  notice: fence_rhevm_monitor_1:122001:stderr [  ]
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 stonith-ng[12086]:  notice: fence_rhevm_monitor_1:122001:stderr [ 2023-09-05 20:53:47,541 ERROR: Connection timed out ]
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 stonith-ng[12086]:  notice: fence_rhevm_monitor_1:122001:stderr [  ]
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 stonith-ng[12086]:  notice: Operation 'monitor' [122001] for device 'testfence' returned: -62 (Timer expired)
Sep  5 20:53:47 testnode1 crmd[12090]:   error: Result of monitor operation for testfence on testnode1: Timed Out

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 8 or 9 with the High Availability Add On or Resilient Storage Add On
  • fence_rhevm used as fence agent

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