A resource fails to start with the error "requires (un)fencing but fencing is disabled" in a Pacemaker cluster

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When the cluster tries to start DLM, it fails and logs the following message:
node1 pengine[2694]: warning: common_unpack: dlm-clone requires (un)fencing but fencing is disabled

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7 (with the High Availability Add-on)
  • Pacemaker

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