Exadata DB node reimage process stuck at grub2-install failed (Doc ID 2795747.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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Goal

Exadata compute node X5-2 reimage process stuck at below place.

[INFO] Running grub2-install on /dev/sda.
[ERROR] grub2-install failed.
[ERROR] Unable to setup grub in /mnt/boot
[FACTORY_ERROR] Imaging process enterered in an interactive mode. Function ask_yes_no
Continue (y/n) [n]: [WARNING ] Dhcp lease file not found or empty: /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient.leases
[INFO ] Do not enable ssh for ISO or USB or rescue imaging since IP info is not passed
[INFO ] Loading Infiniband network module: mlx4_ib
[ ####.######] mlx4_core: Mellanox ConnectX core driver v4.0-0
[ ####.######] mlx4_core Initializing 0000:03:00.0
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: FW version 2.35.6312 (cmd intf rev 3), max commands 16
[ ####.######] mlx4_core: Scalable default profile parameters are enabled. Effective log_num_qp is now set to 18.
[ ####.######] mlx4_core: Scalable default profile parameters are enabled. Effective log_num_srq is now set to 18.
[ ####.######] mlx4_core: Scalable default profile parameters are enabled. Effective log_rdmarc_per_qp is now set to 3.
[ ####.######] mlx4_core: Scalable default profile parameters are enabled. Effective log_num_cq is now set to 18.
[ ####.######] mlx4_core: Scalable default profile parameters are enabled. Effective log_num_mtt is now set to 27.
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: P_KEY Violation Traps disabled
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: DMFS high rate steer mode is: disabled performance optimized steering
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: PCIe link speed is 8.0GT/s, device supports 8.0GT/s
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: PCIe link width is x8, device supports x8
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: Enabling 64 MSI-X vectors, eqs 181 rsvd_eqs 28 msi_x 1
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0: Successfully allocated 64 MSI-X vectors
[ ####.######] mlx4_core 0000:03:00.0 sm port and node info query – offload successful
[ ####.######] <mlx4_ib> mlx4_ib_add: mlx4_ib: Mellanox ConnectX Infiniband driver v4.0-0
[ ####.######] <mlx4_ib> mlx4_ib_add: counter index 0 for port 1 allocated 0
[ ####.######] <mlx4_ib> mlx4_ib_add: counter index 1 for port 2 allocated 0
[INFO ) Loading Infiniband network module: mlx5_ib
[INFO ) IB ports are available
[INFO ) Assign IP to IB ports using command:
  ip addr add dev
  ip link set up
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