Problems with joining a new cluster

DIAMETRICH — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:51:32 GMT

Hello,

I am completely new to NetApp. I've just set up two FAS3050c's with 4 DS14mk2 disk shelves attached via FC-AL. The nodes are running OnTAP GX 10.0.1P2. In the process of configuring the nodes, I created a cluster on one node, then attempted to join it on the second node. I'm getting the following message repeating on the second node, after the 'cluster join' command:

Cluster join waiting: Waiting for local Replication Database (RDB) to become ready

The first node ('toast1a') shows the second node ('toast1b') in the right places:

toast1a::> system show

Node Health Eligibility Uptime Model Owner Location

--------- ------ ----------- ------------- ----------- -------- ---------------

toast1a true true 03:08 FAS3050

toast1b false true - - - -

But it also says, under things like 'cluster statistics show', that the replication service is offline (this sounds relevant to me):

toast1a::> clust statistics show

Counter Value Delta

------------- ------------- -------------

CPU Busy: 3% -

Operations:

Total: 0 -

NFS: 0 -

CIFS: 0 -

Data Network:

Busy: 0% -

Received: 1.91MB -

Sent: 0B -

Cluster Network:

Busy: 0% -

Received: 116MB -

Sent: 1.61GB -

Storage Disk:

Read: 375MB -

Write: 6.02GB -

WARNING: Unable to list entries for mgwd on node toast1b. mgwd on node toast1b is currently not accepting administrative requests. Replication service is

offline.

Question: How do I get the replication service online? This seems to be required for joining the cluster. Please let me know if additional information is required; I'm not sure what all is relevant here. Thank you!

Problems with joining a new cluster

DIAMETRICH — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:48:57 GMT

I rebooted the second node after waiting on it for a couple hours. Now it appears to be a cluster member with no problems ... ahh, magic. Just what I want in my systems.

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Problems with joining a new cluster

Problems with joining a new cluster