The following error is shown when a stonith device is created: `Error: Agent 'fence_ipmilan'; is not installed or does not provide valid metadata: Metadata query for stonith:fence_ipmilan failed: -5, use --force to override`
Issue
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Creating/Updating a stonith device fails, and the following message is shown:
Error: Agent 'fence_ipmilan' is not installed or does not provide valid metadata: Metadata query for stonith:fence_ipmilan failed: -5, use --force to override
or
Error: Agent 'fence_ipmilan' is not installed or does not provide valid metadata: Metadata query for stonith:fence_ipmilan failed: Input/output error, use --force to override
or
Error: Agent 'fence_ipmilan' is not installed or does not provide valid metadata: Metadata query for stonith:fence_ipmilan failed: Input/output error
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or later
- High Availability or Resilient Storage add-on
- kernel-3.10.0-514.el7 or later
- pacemaker
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