TBR Upgrade causes the node to reboot

Products

• VMware Telco Cloud Automation

Issue/Introduction

NodeConfigOperator daemon detects a change in kernelArgs and is initiating a reboot:

<NODE-NAME>/log/pods/tca-system_nodeconfig-daemon-#######-#####-#####-#######/nodeconfig-daemon/1.log: [Debug-kernelArgs] : Update kernel args return with status: NeedReboot

<NODE-NAME>/log/pods/tca-system_nodeconfig-daemon-#######-#####-#####-#######/nodeconfig-daemon/1.log: [Info-profile_service] : update nodeprofilestatus to {Rebooting [

{postCheck Waiting waiting for other plugins to be ready, plugin kernelArgs status is Running  <nil>} {fileInjection Normal   <nil>} {nicNaming Normal   <nil>} {kernelArgs NeedReboot   <nil>} {systemdsrv Normal   <nil>} {dpdkBind Normal   <nil>} {profileMonitor Normal   <nil>} {tuned Normal   <nil>} {registries Normal   <nil>} {sriovdp Normal   <nil>} {kernelMods Normal   <nil>}] ######## [] <nil>} succeed

<NODE-NAME>/log/pods/tca-system_nodeconfig-daemon-#######-#####-#####-#######/nodeconfig-daemon/1.log:[Info-profile_service] : rebooting...

Environment

3.2

Cause

A race condition within the nodeconfig-operator is causing this issue. This is a one-off instance. Upon add-on upgrade, the nodeconfig-daemon is attempting to make the nodeConfig consistent, which is causing the reboot.

Resolution

Apply the Patch Tool for TCA 3.2.0.1 KB.