ERROR: "Join retry, some other node acquired the cluster lock"

  • 3938829
  • 11-Jan-2007
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Products:
Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 5

Configuration:
Servers running Novell Cluster Services

Situation

Symptoms:
ERROR: "Join retry, some other node acquired the cluster lock"

Changes:
Applied NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 5 on cluster nodes


Resolution

Corrective Steps:

1. Bring down all the cluster nodes.
2. Now bring up all the cluster nodes, one at a time
3. If problem persists, then delete and create a new SBD partition
Click on the following link for the steps to recreate SBD Partition
https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=10082213