PowerFlex SO Node deployment fails as the OS repository is missing on the MVM's

Summary: Storage Only (SO) Node Deployment fails as the OS repository is missing on the MVMs after a resynchronization.

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Symptoms

SO node deployment fails after a resynchronization of the repository. New OS directories are created, and the expected OS directory is not available on the MVM's.

 

Cause

  • DellEMC PowerFlex EMbeddedOS 3 (RHEL) and DellEMC PowerFlex EMbeddedOS 4 (SUSE) were created after a resync.
    OS Image

  • PowerFlex Manager was trying to deploy using DellEMC PowerFlex EMbeddedOS 2 (SUSE)

  • In /opt/platfrom/fileshare/[deploymentID]/ on each MVM the DellEMCPowerFlexEMbeddedOS2 is no longer available.
    flex file share

 

Resolution

Create the directory and copy the contents from the required repository and retry the deployment. As this was a SUSE deployment, we required the files from DellEMCPowerFlexEMbeddedOS4.

Example:

cp -r DellEMCPowerFlexEMbeddedOS4 DellEMCPowerFlexEMbeddedOS2

 

Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, PowerFlex Appliance, PowerFlex custom node, PowerFlex custom node
Article Properties
Article Number: 000248816
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2025
Version:  2
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