Testing power management for hypervisor fails with error "VdcBLLException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal group reference"

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Issue

  • While trying to configure power management and test it, it fails with the below error message

    Test Failed, Host Status is: unknown. The fence-agent script reported the following error: VdcBLLException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal group reference
    
  • In the configuration window for power management, below values are entered.

    Enable Power Management (checked)
    Address: <IP> (the internal ip of my ipmi). 
    User Name: fence
    Password: (the fence user's password)
    Type: Drac5
    Slot: 2 (the slot of this blade)
    Options: (empty)
    Secure: (checked)
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization v3
  • Dell M610 blades

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