fence_vmware_soap fails with Traceback - KeyError: 'config.uuid'

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Issue

When fencing a vmware host using fence_vmware_host you get a error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 203, in ?
    main()
  File "/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 190, in main
    result = fence_action(conn, options, set_power_status, get_power_status, get_power_status)
  File "/usr/lib/fence/fencing.py", line 778, in fence_action
    outlets = get_outlet_list(tn, options)
  File "/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 102, in get_power_status
    (more_machines, more_uuid, more_mappingToUUID) = process_results(raw_machines, {}, {}, {})
  File "/sbin/fence_vmware_soap", line 48, in process_results
    machines[info["name"]] = (info["config.uuid"], info["summary.runtime.powerState"])
KeyError: 'config.uuid'

Resolution

For RHEL5

• Update cman to latest version. Refer to this kbase article.

For RHEL6

• It is pending release and it's going to be generally available soon. Contact your support representative.

Root Cause

Some virtual machines (usually failed P2V opperations) lacks its UUID, thus causing a parsing failure of the data array.

Diagnostic Steps

• Review the general Diagnostic Steps for fence_vmware_soap

• When testing from the command line, check for the mentioned 'config.uuid' error

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