Fencing of Virtual Machine does not work, it remains down and is not restarted

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Stonith Fencing of Virtual Machine results in Virtual Machine down
  • VM not restarted upon fencing
# pcs stonith fence vm.example.com
Error: unable to fence 'vm.example.com'
Command failed: Timer expired

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7

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