ONTAP Select: NODE in state of unknown and not able to power up
Applies to
- ONTAP Select 2-node cluster
- VMware vCenter
Issue
- A node virtual machine (vm) in a 2-node cluster is in a state of
unknown
and not able to be powered up successfully. - An error:
An unrecoverable IOException occurred so the connection was closed
on console in vCenter of the node vm. - Error as node vm is booting
vnvram.dma.long.wait:ALERT]:vNVRAM flush taking over 10 seconds
. - PANIC:
PANIC:prod/kmod/freebsd/simnv/simnv.c:6594: Assertion failure. In SK processflxlog_worker on release 9.xx.x
vmware.log
will report unresponsive messages:GuestRpc: app toolbox's second ping timeout; assuming app is down