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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our node build process re-adds a node to the cluster and then does a “service gpfs start”, but GPFS doesn’t start. From the build log:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">+ ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no nrg1-gpfs01.nrg1.us.grid.nuance.com '/usr/local/sbin/addnode.sh cnq-r02r09u27.nrg1.us.grid.nuance.com'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">+ rc=0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">+ chkconfig gpfs on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">+ service gpfs start<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The “service gpfs start” command hangs and never seems to return.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If I look at the process tree:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[root@cnq-r02r09u27 ~]# ps ax | egrep "mm|gpfs"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">11715 ? S 0:00 /bin/bash ./nrgX_gpfs_post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12191 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmsdrserv 1191 10 10 /var/adm/ras/mmsdrserv.log 128 yes no<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12208 ? S 0:00 /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmksh /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmccrmonitor 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12271 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /sbin/service gpfs start<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12276 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/gpfs start<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12278 ? S 0:00 /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmksh /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmautoload reboot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12292 ? S 0:00 /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmksh /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmautoload reboot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12293 ? S 0:00 /bin/grep -lw /var/mmfs/gen/nodeFiles/*.num<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">12294 ? S 0:00 /bin/sed -e s%/var/mmfs/gen/nodeFiles/....%% -e s/\.num$//<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">21639 ? S 0:00 /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmksh /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmccrmonitor 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is GPFS 4.2.2-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This seems to occur only on the initial startup after build - if I try to start GPFS again, it works just fine - any ideas on what it’s sitting here waiting? Nothing in mmfslog (does not exist)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bob Oesterlin<br>
Sr Principal Storage Engineer, Nuance<br>
507-269-0413<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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