OES update causes cluster to not mount?

[changju]

Please try three simple things first.

1. Make sure NCS modules are loaded

Run command "lsmod | grep cma"

If you get something like this, they are loaded.

#15 root@CG_01:~ # lsmod | grep cma
cma 122140 1
crm 49696 1 cma
css 35480 4 cma,cmsg,crm,cvb
vipx 10904 4 cma,cmsg,crm,css
vll 43524 8 cma,cmsg,crm,cvb,css,vipx,sbd,gipc
clstrlib 692588 10 cma,cmsg,crm,cvb,css,vipx,sbd,gipc,vll,sbdlib
adminfs 39556 6 cma,cvb,sbd,gipc,clstrlib

2. Make sure SBD partition is present,

Run comman "sbdutil -v" and you should get something like this

#16 root@CG_01:~ # sbdutil -v

Cluster (SBD) partition on /dev/evms/.nodes/cgao_sp2_gmc3_cluster.sbd.

Signature # HeartBeat State eState Epoch SbdLock Bitmask
SBD* 0 00059328 LIVE 6 LOCK 0000001F
SBD* 1 00059101 LIVE 6 LOCK 0000001F
SBD* 2 00059017 LIVE 6 LOCK 0000001F
SBD* 3 00059007 LIVE 6 LOCK 0000001F
SBD* 4 00021147 LIVE 6 LOCK 0000001F
SBD* 5 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 6 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 7 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 8 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 9 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 10 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 11 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 12 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 13 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 14 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 15 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 16 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 17 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 18 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 19 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 20 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 21 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 22 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 23 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 24 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 25 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 26 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 27 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 28 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 29 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 30 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000
SBD* 31 00000001 0 UNLK 00000000


3. If 1 and 2 are good, make sure firewall is off, and you have the right IP addresses and net masks.

If the problems persist, please contact NTS.

Best regards,

Changju

I have rebooted this server several times and the cluster never comes back. I executed "rcnovell-ncs restart" with the following messages:

Starting Novell Cluster Services
Mounting adminfs at /admin ... already mounted done
done
senfs9:~ # Joining...
Now a member of
This node is not a member of a cluster

This MAY be a kernel mismatch but I don't know how to fix this. There is a menu.lst.old file that I think may have been created when I ran the updates. This includes several menu options for the older kernel. If I add this information to the menu will it load the old kernel (and get me back to where I WAS) or will this cause OTHER issues with boot up?

Thanks for the assistance!

Charlie
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