Besides allowing the cluster to manage resources on a guest node, pacemaker_remote has one other trick. The pacemaker_remote daemon allows nearly all the pacemaker tools (crm_resource, crm_mon, crm_attribute, crm_master, etc.) to work on guest nodes natively.

Try it: Run crm_mon on the guest after pacemaker has integrated the guest node into the cluster. These tools just work. This means resource agents such as master/slave resources which need access to tools like crm_master work seamlessly on the guest nodes.

Higher-level command shells such as pcs may have partial support on guest nodes, but it is recommended to run them from a cluster node.