A GFS2 filesystem fails to mount when there aren't enough free journals

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Issue

  • The service gfs2 start command fails with the below error message:
# service gfs2 start
Mounting GFS2 filesystem (/srv/configuration): Too many nodes mounting filesystem, no free journals
                                                           [FAILED]
  • Mounting a gfs2 filesystem on fails with the error "Too many nodes mounting filesystem, no free journals".
  • A Filesystem resource managing a gfs2 filesystem fails to start and logs a "system call failed: Too many users" error:
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: gfs2: fsid=llbcluster:gfs2-LV1: first mounter control generation 0
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: gfs2: fsid=llbcluster:gfs2-LV1: Joined cluster. Now mounting FS...
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: gfs2: fsid=llbcluster:gfs2-LV1.2: can't mount journal #2
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: gfs2: fsid=llbcluster:gfs2-LV1.2: there are only 2 journals (0 - 1)
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: dlm: gfs2-LV1: leaving the lockspace group...
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: dlm: gfs2-LV1: group event done 0 0
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 kernel: dlm: gfs2-LV1: release_lockspace final free
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 Filesystem(sharedfs1)[27937]: ERROR: Couldn't mount device [/dev/ClusterVG/DCT_LV] as /appmnt/dct-gfs2
Jun 15 15:04:25 node1 pacemaker-execd[1888]: notice: sharedfs1_start_0[27937] error output [ mount: /appmnt/dct-gfs2: mount(2) system call failed: Too many users. ]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (with the Resilient Storage Add-on)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (with the Resilient Storage Add-on)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (with the Resilient Storage Add-on)
  • A Global File System 2 (GFS2) filesystem

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