LVM commands fail with 'Error locking on node nodeX: Command timed out Unable to obtain global lock.'

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Issue

  • LVM commands fail with below error in RHEL cluster with clvmd.
#pvdisplay
  Error locking on node modeX: Command timed out
  Unable to obtain global lock.

Other errors observed

Sep 25 13:09:28 corosync [TOTEM ] Retransmit List: 72 73 75 76 77

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • lvm2-cluster (clvmd)

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