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IJ08826: CLIENT NODE STUCK ON PROBECLUSTERTHREAD AFTER REBOOT

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • During Full System reboot, lots of nodes hung while
arbitrating with GPFS and failed to recover.

Reported In:
Spectrum Scale 5.0.1.0 on ppc64le

Known Impact:
Nodes in arbitrating state
=== mmdiag: waiters ===
Waiting 6.2707 sec since 11:39:36, monitored, thread
63507 ProbeClusterThread: on ThCond 0x7FFBD40A50E0
(TcpConnectCondvar), reason 'wait for outbound connect'

=== mmdiag: waiters ===
Waiting 15.9439 sec since 11:40:26, ignored, thread 63507
ProbeClusterThread: delaying for 14.056008000 more
seconds, reason: pause before retry join cluster

Recovery action:
Restart gpfs (mmshutdown;mmstartup)

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • GPFS stays in arbitrating state after node reboot

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • Provide more debugging info in mmfs.log in the cases when a node
 has trouble connecting to the quorum nodes.

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    IJ08826
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  • Reported component name
    SPEC SCALE STD
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  • Reported component ID
    5737F33AP
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  • Reported release
    501
    • 

  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
    • 

  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
    • 

  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
    • 

  • Submitted date
    2018-08-28
    • 

  • Closed date
    2019-02-19
    • 

  • Last modified date
    2019-02-19
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

    
IJ15272
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    SPEC SCALE STD
    • 

  • Fixed component ID
    5737F33AP
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Applicable component levels


    








      
              
                            

              

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            Modified date:
            

            19 February 2019
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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