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ANDU paused: node not in 'waiting for giveback' state due to BIOS firmware upgrade failure

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Applies to

  • AFF A300
  • Automated Non-Disruptive Upgrade (ANDU)

Issue

Automated Non-Disruptive Upgrade (ANDU) is paused because the partner is not in a "waiting for giveback"

  • In EMS

[node-01: upgrademgr: upgrademgr.update.pausederr:ERROR]: The automated update of the cluster has been paused due to the following reason: Node "node-01": Error: {Node "node-02" is not in "waiting for giveback" state.}, Action: {Use the "storage failover show" to verify that node "node-02" is in one of the following states: "waiting for giveback" or "connected".}.

[node-01: notifyd: callhome.andu.pausederr:alert]: params: {'epoch': '91e735df-158b-4999-8546-5523299458af', 'subject': 'AUTOMATED NDU PAUSED'}

  • cluster image show-update-progress

::> cluster image show-update-progress 
 
                                             Estimated         Elapsed
Update Phase         Status                   Duration        Duration
-------------------- ----------------- --------------- ---------------
Pre-update checks    completed                00:10:00        00:00:35
Data ONTAP updates   paused-on-error          01:23:00        00:37:18
 
Details:
 
Node name            Status            Status Description
-------------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------
node-01         waiting
node-02         failed            Error: Node "node-02" is not in
                                       "waiting for giveback" state.
                                       Action: Use the "storage failover
                                       show" to verify that node
                                       "node-02" is in one of the
                                       following states: "waiting for
                                       giveback" or "connected".

 

Saving Primary Image to Backup flash device
fail unlocking memory
Failed. -4 bytes written: I/O error
Failed to save Primary Image to Backup flash device.  Programming of Primary aborted
Automatic firmware update skipped (update_flash command failed).

Warning: The boot media contains a newer firmware image (11.21).
Please run 'update_flash' at the Loader prompt to update your
system firmware (11.20).

 

 

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