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Error while generating the grid configuration gdu-server.log

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Applies to

  • NetApp StorageGRID
  • NetApp StorageGRID Appliance SG1000

Issue

  • When installing Admin node on SG1000 it fails with:"Error while generating the grid configuration. Failed to provision the grid. See gdu-server.log for more information"

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  • gdu-server.log shows:

Unpacking GPT repository\nPlease note that no GPT Repository currently exists.\n Found grid spec file:     /var/local/gdu-server/spec/GID901704_REV1_GSPEC.xml\nInitializing new repository.\nPlease set a new passphrase for the GPT encrypted repository.\nIt must be at least 8 characters.\nEnter provisioning passphrase: \nEnter provisioning passphrase again: \nProvisioning Started\nGrid 901704 has been provisioned for software version: 11.3.0\nA program error has occurred.\n Error description: [undefined method `strip' for nil:NilClass]\n Program Backtrace:\n/usr/local/gpt/versions/11.3.0/gpt-lib/grid.rb:219:in `initialize'\n/usr/local/gpt/versions/11.3.0/gpt-lib/grid.rb:78:in `new'\n/usr/local/gpt/versions/11.3.0/gpt-lib/grid.rb:78:in `fromRexdoc'\n/usr/local/gpt/versions/11.3.0/gpt-lib/revision.rb:49:in `initialize'\n/usr/local/gpt/bin/make_grid.rb:337:in `new'\n/usr/local/gpt/bin/make_grid.rb:337:in `generateGrid'\n/usr/local/gpt/bin/make_grid.rb:474:in `<main>'\nGPT failed (return code 1)\n"
E, [2020-09-14T11:58:15.871996 #2480] ERROR -- gdu-server: Failure occurred during Install E, [2020-09-14T11:58:15.872062 #2480] ERROR -- gdu-server: #<Bycast::Tasks::GduServer::Provision::Error: Failed to provision the grid. See gdu-server.log for more information.>

 

 

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