Can't add node (already exists)

NickTheGreat

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I have a cluster running, and I am trying to add a new node but receive the following error

root@vhost05:/etc/pve# pvecm add vhost13
detected the following error(s):
* authentication key '/etc/corosync/authkey' already exists
* cluster config '/etc/pve/corosync.conf' already exists
* this host already contains virtual guests
* corosync is already running, is this node already in a cluster?!
root@vhost05:/etc/pve#
So then I tried pvecm add vhost13 -force and got the following:

root@vhost05:/etc/pve# pvecm add vhost13 -force
invalid corosync config - unable to read version
unable to add node: command failed (ssh vhost13 -o BatchMode=yes pvecm addnode vhost05 --force 1)
root@vhost05:/etc/pve#
vhost13, which is the new server I am trying to add to the cluster is a fresh install of proxmox, which has been updated. It does NOT have any guests running on it. I presume at some point there has been a vhost13 in the cluster, but I would like to keep that hostname to keep naming consistent with rack location.
 

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