LVM commands hang in a cluster with "unable to obtain global lock" in RHEL 5 or 6

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • LVM commands are hanging in a cluster stating its unable to obtain a global lock
$ pvdisplay
  clvmd not running on node node1.example.com
   Unable to obtain global lock.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the Resilient Storage Add On
  • lvm2-cluster (clvmd)

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