Good find Karsten,
That would definitely be why you can't use that command in 3 out of 4 of your ASAs.
This question should now be considered answered.
Also for those wondering..
Looking at the "show failover" above, you will notice that on BOTH ASA's the Backup port is also in a no link status, and it is being monitored.
Interface BACKUP (0.0.0.0): No Link (Waiting)
So yes the port is down and it...
This is probably not useful to the OP as this was 4 years ago. But for others that have stumbled on this page because of similar problems I will point out why the secondary ASA in this case (and possibly yours) will simply not go into a (Standby Read...