`clusvcadm -e service-name` fails to enable the cluster service with the error "Invalid operation for resource".

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Issue

  • clusvcadm -e service-name fails to enable the cluster service in a two node cluster with the error "Invalid operation for resource"
    Cluster services are configured as follows. Cluster service service3 is failing to start.
                <service autostart="1" exclusive="1" max_restarts="3" name="service1" recovery="restart" restart_expire_time="30">
                        <script ref="script1"/>
                </service>
                <service autostart="1" exclusive="1" max_restarts="3" name="service2" recovery="restart" restart_expire_time="30">
                        <script ref="script2"/>
                </service>
                <service autostart="1" domain="Domain0" exclusive="0" name="service3" recovery="relocate">
                        <script ref="script3"/>
                </service>

Cluster service is failing to start with the below mentioned error.

# clusvcadm -e service3
Local machine trying to enable service:service3...Invalid operation for resource

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability Add on)

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