PowerFlex Unable to do node upgrades error as "mount of remote share failed"

Summary: This article provides the step-by-step procedures to fix the node upgrade issue that occurred while performing the node upgrades from PFMP 4.x which occurred due to issue with NFS pod/container which failed to upload and upgrade hardware firmware on iDRAC console. ...

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Instructions

Procedure to fix the node upgrade issue due to NFS container of PFMP unable to communicate with iDRAC of the nodes.

 

Steps:

 

1) Run the below command from any MVM to check on which MVM the NFS container is running.

 kubectl get pods -n powerflex -o wide | grep -i nfs 

 

2) Login to the MVM on which NFS  container is running and run the below command to ensure that all nodes are healthy and in a ready state.

 kubectl get nodes 

       

 

3) Open SSH session to MVM on which NFS container is running and run the below command to place MVM in maintenance mode.

 kubectl label node <mvm hostname> cmo.maintenance.mode=true 

 

4) Run the below command to drain the node.

kubectl drain <mvm hostname> --ignore-daemonsets --delete-emptydir-data 

      

 

5) Run the below command to validate that the NFS container is running on another node.

kubectl get pods -n powerflex -o wide | grep -i nfs 

 

6) Reboot the node by running the below command.

sudo reboot 

 

7) SSH to another MVM and run the following command to monitor the node you have rebooted until it reaches a STATUS of "Ready"

watch kubectl get nodes 

 

8) When the MVM comes online, SSH to the MVM and run the following command to uncordon and remove the MVM from maintenance mode.

 kubectl uncordon mvm-hostname ;  kubectl label node mvm-hostname cmo.maintenance.mode- 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, PowerFlex appliance R650, PowerFlex appliance R640

Products

VxFlex Ready Nodes, PowerFlex custom node, PowerFlex appliance R6525, PowerFlex appliance R660, PowerFlex appliance R6625, Powerflex appliance R750, PowerFlex appliance R760, PowerFlex appliance R7625, PowerFlex appliance R740XD , PowerFlex appliance R7525, PowerFlex appliance R840 ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000262385
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2025
Version:  1
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