'fence_vmware_soap' fencing is working on command line and 'fence_node' is failing.

Issue

• 'fence_vmware_soap' fencing is working on command line and 'fence_node' is failing.
  Nodes are getting rebooted with the commands

fence_vmware_soap -a 192.168.1.254 -l administrator -p <password> -z --action reboot -U 111111-111-1111-111-111111
fence_vmware_soap -a 192.168.1.254 -l administrator -p <password> -z --action reboot -U 22222-222-2222-222-222222 

and 'fence_node" fails as

[root@node02 ~]# fence_node node01
fence node01 failed

Configuration in /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file is seen as

    <fencedevices>
        <fencedevice agent="fence_vmware_soap" ipaddr="node01" login="administrator" name="Fence_node01" passwd="***"  ssl="1"/>
        <fencedevice agent="fence_vmware_soap" ipaddr="node02" login="administrator" name="Fence_node02" passwd="***" ssl="1"/>
    </fencedevices>