GUI cluster add node fails :(

MrPete

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Aug 6, 2021
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I have a two-node cluster; been running for almost a year. New node configured; time to add it.
(All are running the same PVE version; all have same underlying linux; all can ssh to one another; etc etc.)

I used the GUI to add the new node to the cluster (pasting the blob of secure info). The process began just fine, but got stuck at:
stopping pve-cluster service

I went looking for the issue... for the most part it appears that the node-add worked just fine!
* GUI datacenter on all three nodes shows all three
* pvecm status shows all three are active
* corosync.conf is identical across the board


There are two semi-strange things, which I have no idea about:
  1. In pvecm status the new node status is "nr" -- not registered.
    I find no documentation on what that means and how to fix it (assuming a fix is needed at all!)

  2. One of the existing nodes is now running its cluster membership NIC at 100mbit on a cat6 cable. I haven't noticed such an anomaly before, not that I was looking ;)
QUESTIONS
  • Is a "not registered" cluster member an issue? (If so, what changes this status?)
  • Is the cluster-node-add GUI "hang" just a visual anomaly? Where do I look for further insight?
Thanks heaps,
Pete
 

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