[Linux-cluster] [Linux-HA] Problems with fence_apc agent and accessing APC AP8965

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Does 'fence_apc_snmp -a hac-pdu1 -n 1 -o status' work? What about 
'fence_apc -a hac-pdu1 -l <user> -p <passwd> -n 1 -o status'?

digimer

On 23/02/14 08:57 PM, Andrew Beekhof wrote:
> Forwarding to linux-cluster which has more people knowledgeable on this set of fencing agents.
>
> On 22 Feb 2014, at 12:38 am, Tony Stocker <Tony.Stocker at nasa.gov> wrote:
>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I have a bigger issue regarding dual power supplies and fence_apc that I'm going to eventually need to resolve.  But at this point I'm simply having basic issues getting the fence_apc agent to be able to access the devices in general, to wit:
>>
>> # fence_apc --ssh --ip=hac-pdu1 --plug=1 --username=blah --password=blah --verbose --action=status
>> Unable to connect/login to fencing device
>>
>>
>> However I can manually SSH into the device just fine:
>>
>> # ssh  blah at hac-pdu1
>> blah at hac-pdu1's password:
>>
>>
>> American Power Conversion               Network Management Card AOS v5.1.9
>> (c) Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved  RPDU 2g v5.1.6
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Name      : hac-pdu1                                  Date : 02/21/2014
>> Contact   : systems at mail.myserver123.com              Time : 13:12:02
>> Location  : C101, HAC Rack 1                          User : Administrator
>> Up Time   : 223 Days 17 Hours 0 Minutes               Stat : P+ N4+ N6+ A+
>>
>>
>> Type ? for command listing
>> Use tcpip command for IP address(-i), subnet(-s), and gateway(-g)
>>
>> apc>
>>
>>
>> So perhaps the place to start first is simply getting the fence_apc agent (provided by CentOS/RHEL package fence-agents-3.1.5-35.el6_5.3.x86_64) to actually be able to work correctly.  Once that's done, I'll still need help on the dual power supply issue.
>>
>> I'm not seeing any attempts to login in the APC's logs file, though I do see connections when I manually login, e.g.:
>> 02/21/2014	13:13:11	System: Console user 'apc' logged out from 192.168.1.216.
>> 02/21/2014	13:12:40	System: Console user 'apc' logged in from 192.168.1.216.
>>
>> A manual 'telnet [name] 22' command also works fine from the command line:
>> # telnet hac-pdu1 22
>> Trying 192.168.1.222...
>> Connected to hac-1-pdu1 (192.168.1.222).
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> SSH-2.0-cryptlib
>>
>>
>> However fence_apc_snmp **does** seem to work:
>>
>> # fence_apc_snmp --snmp-version=1 --community=public --ip=hac-pdu1 --plug=1 --username=blah --password=blah --verbose --action=status
>> /usr/bin/snmpwalk -m '' -Oeqn  -v '1' -c 'public' 'hac-pdu1:161' '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0'
>> No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
>> Created directory: /var/lib/net-snmp/mib_indexes
>> .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0 .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.3.4.6
>>
>> Trying APC Master Switch (fallback)
>> /usr/bin/snmpget -m '' -Oeqn  -v '1' -c 'public' 'hac-pdu1:161' '.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.4.4.2.1.3.1'
>> .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.4.4.2.1.3.1 1
>>
>> Status: ON
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas as to why fence_apc is not working?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Tony
>>
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