Pacemaker cannot restore its configuration with Invalid cross-device link

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to restore a configuration previous backed up by pacemaker, it fails with the following error:
# pcs config restore cluster_config_backup.tar.bz2
node1: Error: unable to restore the cluster: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link
node2: Error: unable to restore the cluster: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Pacemaker
  • Separated /tmp

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