fence_vmware_soap fails with error 'Unable to connect/login to fencing device' in a RHEL High Availability cluster

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Issue

  • The fence_vmware_soap agent is failing with following error message:

    # fence_vmware_soap -a 192.168.0.10 -l user1 -p password -o list -z
No handlers could be found for logger "suds.client"
Unable to connect/login to fencing device

    But we are able to login to the vCenter web interace using the same username and password.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, or 7 with the High Availability Add On
  • One or more VMware virtual machines operating as a cluster node
  • Using fence_vmware_soap as the fence/agent for one or more nodes

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