fencing fails or a stonith device cannot start when using fence_ipmilan with lanplus="on" in a RHEL 5, 6, or 7 High Availability cluster

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • My stonith device fails to start and the cluster blocks if a node needs to be fenced
  • fence_ipmilan is giving errors even though I've enabled lanplus
Oct  6 16:36:06 node1 fence_ipmilan: Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available
Oct  6 16:36:07 node1 fence_ipmilan: Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available
Oct  6 16:36:07 node1 stonith-ng[4601]: notice: log_operation: Operation 'monitor' [30393] for device 'ilo-node2' returned: -201 (Generic Pacemaker error)
Oct  6 16:36:07 node1 stonith-ng[4601]: warning: log_operation: ilo-node2:30393 [ Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available ]
Oct  6 16:36:07 node1 stonith-ng[4601]: warning: log_operation: ilo-node2:30393 [  ]
Oct  6 16:36:07 node1 stonith-ng[4601]: warning: log_operation: ilo-node2:30393 [  ]
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: error: process_lrm_event: Operation ilo-node2_start_0 (node=node1, call=340, status=4, cib-update=381, confirmed=true) Error
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: status_from_rc: Action 81 (ilo-node2_start_0) on node1 failed (target: 0 vs. rc: 1): Error
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node2 on node1 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node2 on node1 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: status_from_rc: Action 81 (ilo-node2_start_0) on node1 failed (target: 0 vs. rc: 1): Error
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node2 on node1 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node2 on node1 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: status_from_rc: Action 89 (ilo-node1:1_start_0) on node2 failed (target: 0 vs. rc: 1): Error
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node1 on node2 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node1 on node2 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: status_from_rc: Action 89 (ilo-node1:1_start_0) on node2 failed (target: 0 vs. rc: 1): Error
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node1 on node2 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)
Oct  6 16:36:08 node1 crmd[4605]: warning: update_failcount: Updating failcount for ilo-node1 on node2 after failed start: rc=1 (update=INFINITY, time=1444142168)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, or 7 with the High Availability Add On
  • One or more fence / stonith devices configured to use agent fence_ipmilan
    • Such a device configured with lanplus="on"

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