pcs fails to create a stonith device if specifying pcmk_reboot_action, pcmk_monitor_action, pcmk_status_action, or other pcmk_*_action attributes in RHEL 6 with pacemaker

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with the High Availability Add On
• pacemaker

Issue

• If I try to create a stonith device and substitute an action, pcs returns an error:

# pcs stonith create kdump fence_kdump pcmk_reboot_action="off" 
Error: resource option(s): 'pcmk_reboot_action', are not recognized for resource type: 'stonith:fence_kdump' (use --force to override)

Resolution

Upgrade to version pcs-0.9.123-9.el6.

Or ensure that the attribute being specified is actually relevant and supported for the agent in question. If it is, then use pcs --force ... to force it:

# pcs stonith create kdump fence_kdump pcmk_reboot_action="off" --force

Root Cause

This issue is being investigated by Red Hat Engineering in Bugzilla #1094517.

pcs does not recognize the pcmk_*_action attributes for fence agents. If forced, stonith-ng should use them correctly.

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