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Graceful move of primaries failed during Element upgrade

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Applies to

  • FC nodes
  • Solidfire

Issue

  • When upgrading a Fiber Channel node, you will encounter the message towards the beginning of the upgrade on the FC node: "Graceful move of primaries failed"

Screenshot from mnode during upgrade:

Graceful move of primaries failed during Element upgrade

 

 

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