A gfs2 filesystem fails to be frozen and repeats the log message "waiting for recovery before freeze" forever

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Issue

  • The command gfs2_tool freeze <mountpoint> hangs or is stuck and the following message repeats continuously:

    Dec 18 14:10:02 node42 kernel: GFS2: fsid=mycluster:data01.1: waiting for recovery before freeze

  • When a VMware VM freezes a RHEL 7 gfs2 filesystem with open-vmtools the filesystem is never frozen and repeats the following message forever:

    Jul 24 19:02:29 node42 kernel: GFS2: fsid=cluster:share.2: waiting for recovery before freeze
Jul 24 19:02:29 node42 kernel: GFS2: fsid=cluster:share.2: retrying..

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6, 7 (with the High Availability Add On and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • A Global Filesystem 2(gfs2)

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