GPFS error messages for indirect snapshot errors

There are GPFS error messages which may be associated with snapshots directly but does not show a clear relation to snapshot issues.

The error messages for this type of problem do not have message numbers, but can be recognized by their message text:
  • 'Unable to sync all nodes, rc=errorCode.'
  • 'Unable to get permission to create snapshot, rc=errorCode.'
  • 'Unable to quiesce all nodes, rc=errorCode.'
  • 'Unable to resume all nodes, rc=errorCode.'
  • 'Unable to delete snapshot filesystemName from file system snapshotName, rc=errorCode.'
  • 'Error restoring inode number, error errorCode.'
  • 'Error deleting snapshot snapshotName in file system filesystemName, error errorCode.'
  • 'commandString failed, error errorCode.'
  • 'None of the nodes in the cluster is reachable, or GPFS is down on all of the nodes.'
  • 'File system filesystemName is not known to the GPFS cluster.'