fence_vmware_soap does not function correctly against vSphere 5 SOAP API

Issue

• Custer member hung due to failed fencing after upgrading to VSphere5.
• fence_vmware_soap does not function correctly against vSphere 5 SOAP API and a backtrace occurs when the command is run:

# fence_vmware_soap -o list -a <vCenter> -l <logon> -p <password> -z

No handlers could be found for logger "suds.xsd.sxbasic"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 175, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 160, in main
    conn = soap_login(options)
  File "/usr/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 24, in soap_login
    conn = Client(url + "/vimService.wsdl")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/client.py", line 112, in __init__
    self.wsdl = reader.open(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/reader.py", line 152, in open
    d = self.fn(url, self.options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/wsdl.py", line 157, in __init__
    self.open_imports()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/wsdl.py", line 202, in
open_imports
    imp.load(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/wsdl.py", line 314, in load
    d = Definitions(url, options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/wsdl.py", line 159, in __init__
    self.build_schema()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/wsdl.py", line 220, in
build_schema
    self.schema = container.load(self.options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/xsd/schema.py", line 93, in load
    child.open_imports(options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/xsd/schema.py", line 305, in
open_imports
    imported = imp.open(options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/xsd/sxbasic.py", line 542, in
open
    result = self.download(options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/suds/xsd/sxbasic.py", line 567, in
download
    raise Exception(msg)
Exception: imported schema (urn:reflect) at
(https://server:443/sdk/reflect-messagetypes.xsd),
failed