Hey all,
My predicament started with emails that had:
- subject: Cron <root@HOSTNAME> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
- body: /usr/bin/mandb: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct
I have 9 nodes in a cluster and only 3 of them were reporting this issue.
When starting to troubleshoot, I picked one and went through many suggestions based on many online searchs, none of which helped. I tried many variations of the keywords and it's obvious issue is with the LOCALE but anyways.
I then decided to try and update the system:
- apt-get update; this worked fine
- apt-get dist-upgrade; this is where my issues started
After running this, I am prompted to run "apt --fix-broken-install' to which I do, it completes, and then I run apt-get dist-update again. I run into another issue so then I double check PVE 5.x's official repo per this link; https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories#_proxmox_ve_5_x_repositories
This:
And this:
Use two different Debian versions but i decided to switch from one to the other. Note that ALL 9 had the same /etc/apt/sources.list but only changed on 3. I ran apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade again and seemed to be making some progress. The update was taking forever on the first node, which is why i went through with the other two (mistake, I see that now....hindsight 2020).
And to sum up what my current issue is now: these three nodes are reporting offline but are accessible and respond to network commands. I've tried to search many resources pertaining to this but cannot find a solution that worked.
One thing that may be of importance and why I explained what I did above. After dist-upgrade, I was prompted with a message. I don't quite recall what it was or its messaging but something about a file with differences and being prompted with keeping the current file (which is what I clicked, considering the file may have been something to do with configurations and whatnot), view file differences (to which there were only a few line differences that didn't really stick out as harmful but still opted to retain the original file), and a few others.
After dist-upgrade, I rebooted the servers for good measure, I noticed they took a while to come back up. I then tested a ping, noticed it worked, and then slowly got to where I am now.
Can anyone help shed some light?
My predicament started with emails that had:
- subject: Cron <root@HOSTNAME> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
- body: /usr/bin/mandb: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct
I have 9 nodes in a cluster and only 3 of them were reporting this issue.
When starting to troubleshoot, I picked one and went through many suggestions based on many online searchs, none of which helped. I tried many variations of the keywords and it's obvious issue is with the LOCALE but anyways.
I then decided to try and update the system:
- apt-get update; this worked fine
- apt-get dist-upgrade; this is where my issues started
After running this, I am prompted to run "apt --fix-broken-install' to which I do, it completes, and then I run apt-get dist-update again. I run into another issue so then I double check PVE 5.x's official repo per this link; https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories#_proxmox_ve_5_x_repositories
This:
And this:
Use two different Debian versions but i decided to switch from one to the other. Note that ALL 9 had the same /etc/apt/sources.list but only changed on 3. I ran apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade again and seemed to be making some progress. The update was taking forever on the first node, which is why i went through with the other two (mistake, I see that now....hindsight 2020).
And to sum up what my current issue is now: these three nodes are reporting offline but are accessible and respond to network commands. I've tried to search many resources pertaining to this but cannot find a solution that worked.
One thing that may be of importance and why I explained what I did above. After dist-upgrade, I was prompted with a message. I don't quite recall what it was or its messaging but something about a file with differences and being prompted with keeping the current file (which is what I clicked, considering the file may have been something to do with configurations and whatnot), view file differences (to which there were only a few line differences that didn't really stick out as harmful but still opted to retain the original file), and a few others.
After dist-upgrade, I rebooted the servers for good measure, I noticed they took a while to come back up. I then tested a ping, noticed it worked, and then slowly got to where I am now.
Can anyone help shed some light?
