[gpfsug-discuss] Node in cluster but not in cluster

[Achim Rehor]

I think the node was not added to the cluster, but some changes on the node itself took place already (like creating /var/mmfs/gen ... and possibly others)

There is/was a chapter/appendix to the GPFS Adminstration Guide, telling how to permanently remove GPFS  from a node,   that might help  on how to stop the mmaddnode command  to cope with a node already belonging to a cluster ...



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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] Node in cluster but not in cluster
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:13:48 +0100


I was trying to add a node to the cluster but after an hour I ctrl-c it
as it was clearly not in a good place. It told me that it didn't make
changes

^Cmmdsh: Caught SIG INT - terminating the child processes.
mmaddnode: Interrupt received: No changes made.

I checked to make sure all the networking is correct, GPFS packages are
installed on the node etc. and it is all good so I go to add it again and

mmaddnode: Node <##### censored> was not added to the cluster.
    The node appears to already belong to a GPFS cluster.
mmaddnode: mmaddnode quitting.  None of the specified nodes are valid.
mmaddnode: Command failed. Examine previous error messages to determine
cause.

Ok, lets try and delete it

mmdelnode: Incorrect node <##### censored> specified for command.
mmdelnode: No nodes were found that matched the input specification.
mmdelnode: Command failed. Examine previous error messages to determine
cause.


Trying to do mmsdrrestore on the node gives

mmsdrrestore: There is no record for this node in file
gpfs0:/var/mmfs/gen/mmsdrfs.
   Either the node is not part of the cluster, or the file is for a
different cluster,
   or not all of the node's adapter interfaces have been activated yet.
mmsdrrestore: Command failed. Examine previous error messages to
determine cause.

The node does not show up in mmlsnode or mmlscluster

Anyone and idea what is going on?


JAB.

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