>if there is no connection to the machine ssh is useless, but as a workaround >(for the tests only) you may use manual fencing I meant ssh to the host, not vm. I did resolve the issue, it was a licensing issue and the fence_vmware_ng agent is working fine. The test setup is working well and failing over as predicted. Thanks for the help! jlc -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster