Why do I get 'GFS2: Found stale lock file /var/lock/subsys/gfs2' when checking gfs2 status?

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Issue

  • I am using gfs2. When I run service gfs2 status I get the following error:
GFS2: Found stale lock file /var/lock/subsys/gfs2

Environment

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

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