Hyperflex Replication Configuration issue with 3.5(2h)

[Nilay Patel]

Replication Configuration: Not able to  perform CLUSTER PAIRING & getting failed to Paired

I configured network for replication & test passed from both side properly but Custer paring not working

Getting following msg

When I tried from Cluster A

"Replication Peer not added"

When I tried from Cluster B

"Failed to get cluster properties"

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Also getting this error

admin@SpringpathControllerssffs:~$ stcli dp peer add --name Test-RP1 --description hxrp --mgmtIp 

output:
Enter peer-cluster's password:
DP Peer add failed
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'read'

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^CTraceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
"__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/opt/springpath/storfs-mgmt-cli/stCli-1.0-py2.7.egg/stCli/stCli.py", line 11130, in <module>
File "/opt/springpath/storfs-mgmt-cli/stCli-1.0-py2.7.egg/stCli/stCli.py", line 11118, in run
File "/opt/springpath/storfs-mgmt-cli/stCli-1.0-py2.7.egg/stCli/stCli.py", line 11091, in dispatch
File "/opt/springpath/storfs-mgmt-cli/stCli-1.0-py2.7.egg/stCli/stCli.py", line 5130, in dp_peer_add_action
File "/opt/springpath/storfs-mgmt-cli/stCli-1.0-py2.7.egg/com/storvisor/sysmgmt/stDataSvcMgr/StDataSvcMgr.py", line 2991, in pairCluster
File "/opt/springpath/storfs-mgmt-cli/stCli-1.0-py2.7.egg/com/storvisor/sysmgmt/stDataSvcMgr/StDataSvcMgr.py", line 3002, in send_pairCluster
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/thrift/transport/THttpClient.py", line 106, in _f
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/thrift/transport/THttpClient.py", line 145, in flush
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1211, in getreply
response = self._conn.getresponse()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1136, in getresponse
response.begin()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 453, in begin
version, status, reason = self._read_status()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 409, in _read_status
line = self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 480, in readline
data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
KeyboardInterrupt

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[Kirk J]

Greetings.

Have you by chance done a cluster expansion in the past?

I've seen a few cases with similar messages for clusters that had gone through expansion, and the internal zookeeper database was not updated with the node information.  See https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvp60476

Can you check the output of stcli cluster info for both clusters, and look under the Node IP Settings, to confirm all your Nodes are listed?

Kirk...

[Nilay Patel]

Thanks a lot Kirk for helping into this issue

We installed two new HX-Cluster in same vCenter & expanded to recently 

I just verified that we have all new nodes are listed under IP. 

thanks again for helping. let me know if other area needs to check. I can share output too

[Nilay Patel]

Also we have 6 conversed & 12 Compute node on both Cluster

[Nilay Patel]

I reinstalled both cluster without expanding cluster -during creation no error. So just wondering that Hyperflex replication configuration is broke in 3.5(2h) or just me facing this issue. anyone has similar issue  

[Nilay Patel · Accepted solution]

Solution - not available since 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/hyperconverged_systems/HyperFlex_HX_DataPlatformSoftware/Installation_VMWare_ESXi/4_0/b_HyperFlexSystems_Installation_Guide_for_VMware_ESXi_4_0/b_HyperFlexSystems_Installation_Guide_for_VMware_ESXi_4_0_chapter_01...

Install HyperFlex Hardware Acceleration Cards

Before you begin

Before beginning the HyperFlex Hardware Acceleration Cards installation process, note the following:

• Installation is only supported on NEW deployments.

• Installation is only supported on the following HX 240 M5 servers:

  • HXAF240C-M5SX Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 All Flash

  • HX240C-M5SX Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5

  • HX240C-M5L HyperFlex HX240c M5 LFF

• Installation is not supported in Hyper-V and is not supported for stretched clusters.

• All nodes in the HX cluster must contain the HyperFlex Hardware Acceleration Cards.

  Note	If any nodes do not contain an acceleration card during validation, the installer fails to proceed and an error message appears.

• The cluster type must be All Flash/Hybrid ESXi.

• Installation is only supported on HX 240 M5 servers.

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