[PCA 2.x] Service ovca Fail to Start Up due to "Stale file handle" (Doc ID 2776923.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 28, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

ovca service failed to startup on Management Node, with error message below in its /var/log/ovca.log:

[2021-04-13 10:42:07 6872] ERROR (util:219) Error starting OVCA service: remaster Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ovca/util.py", line 216, in run_service func()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ovca/daemon/remasterserver.py", line 217, in serve_forever changed = m.check_for_config_changes()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ovca/mgmt.py", line 554, in check_for_config_changes 'version_num'))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ovca/dbaccess.py", line 62, in wrapper lock.acquire(wait=10)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ovca/filelock.py", line 34, in acquire raise LockError("Open file: %s failed: %s" % (self.filename, e))
LockError: Open file: /nfs/shared_storage/db/setup failed: [Errno 116] Stale file handle: '/nfs/shared_storage/db/setup'

Changes

It is likely that ovca service did not start.

Cause

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