diff --git a/validations/library/pacemaker.py b/validations/library/pacemaker.py
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+++ b/validations/library/pacemaker.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *  # NOQA
+
+
+def parse_pcs_status(pcs_status_xml):
+    root = ElementTree.fromstring(pcs_status_xml)
+    result = {
+        'failures': root.findall('failures/failure'),
+    }
+    return result
+
+
+def format_failure(failure):
+    return ("Task {task} {op_key} failed on node {node}. Exit reason: "
+            "'{exitreason}'. Exit status: '{exitstatus}'."
+            .format(task=failure.get('task'),
+                    op_key=failure.get('op_key'),
+                    node=failure.get('node'),
+                    exitreason=failure.get('exitreason'),
+                    exitstatus=failure.get('exitstatus')))
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict(
+        status=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+    ))
+
+    pcs_status = parse_pcs_status(module.params.get('status'))
+    failures = pcs_status['failures']
+    failed = len(failures) > 0
+    if failed:
+        msg = "The pacemaker status contains some failed actions:\n" +\
+              '\n'.join((format_failure(failure) for failure in failures))
+    else:
+        msg = "The pacemaker status reports no errors."
+    module.exit_json(
+        failed=failed,
+        msg=msg,
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/validations/pacemaker-status.yaml b/validations/pacemaker-status.yaml
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+---
+- hosts: controller
+  vars:
+    metadata:
+      name: Check the status of the pacemaker cluster
+      description: >
+        This runs `pcs status` and checks for any failed actions.
+
+        A failed status post-deployment indicates something is not configured
+        correctly. This should also be run before upgrade as the process will
+        likely fail with a cluster that's not completely healthy.
+      groups:
+        - post-deployment
+  tasks:
+  - name: Get pacemaker status
+    command: pcs status xml
+    register: pcs_status
+  - name: Check pacemaker status
+    pacemaker: status="{{ pcs_status.stdout }}"