Node is unable to mount a GFS or GFS2 file systems after a fence or reboot with the error "node not a member of the default fence domain" in RHEL 4, 5, or 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When the GFS filesystem is mounted on any cluster node, running mount -a produces the following messages in /var/log/messages:
/sbin/mount.gfs: node not a member of the default fence domain  
/sbin/mount.gfs: error mounting lockproto lock_dlm

/sbin/mount.gfs: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused  
/sbin/mount.gfs: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused  
/sbin/mount.gfs: gfs_controld not running  
/sbin/mount.gfs: error mounting lockproto lock_dlm
  • The GFS filesystem will not mount automatically when booting the system, and produces an error when attempting to mount it manually.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with the Resilient Storage Add-on
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with the Resilient Storage Add-on
  • One or more GFS or GFS2 filesystems

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