Node will not rejoin the cluster after a reboot, and cman start fails with "parse error in config: Can't open logfile '/var/log/cluster' for reason: Is a directory"

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Issue

  • A Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster node will not rejoin the cluster after a reboot. When trying to start the cman service, it exits with the message, "parse error in config: Can't open logfile '/var/log/cluster' for reason: Is a directory".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with High Availability or Resilient Storage Add-on

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