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Unable to bring cluster into quorum during switchless A300/FAS8200 to A400/FAS8300 head upgrade

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Applies to

  • FAS8200
  • FAS8300
  • AFF A300
  • AFF A400
  • Head upgrade for 2-node switchless cluster from FAS8200 to FAS8300 or AFF A300 to AFF A400 using nondisruptive aggregate relocation (ARL) procedure or moving storage disruptive procedure

Issue

  • Unable to bring cluster into quorum after first AFF A400/FAS 8300 is installed and connected to old AFF A300/FAS 8200 node (using ARL procedure) or after both new nodes are in place (using disruptive procedure when moving storage)
  • Cluster LIFs remain offline
  • Node reports that cluster applications are not coming up:
    Cluster::> storage failover show
                                  Takeover
    Node           Partner        Possible State Description
    -------------- -------------- -------- -------------------------------------
    node-01        node-02        true     Connected to node-02
                   
    node-02        node-01        true     Connected to node-01.
                                           Waiting for cluster applications to
                                           come online on the local node.
                                           Offline applications: vldb, vifmgr,
                                           bcomd, crs, scsi blade, clam.
    2 entries were displayed.
  • Attempting to update Cluster broadcast domain to the new ports results in error:

Error: Cannot run this command because the system is not fully initialized.  Wait a few minutes, and then try the command again.

 

 

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