"Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available" in RHEL 7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The stonith resource is trying to do a fence_ipmilan status on his own device:

fence_ipmilan[4167]: Executing: /usr/bin/ipmitool -I lanplus -H

But it fails with this error:

fence_ipmilan: Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available   

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • HA cluster with pacemaker

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