FATAL] [INS-40912] Virtual host name: racnode02-vip is assigned to another system on the network

Error while re-adding deleted cluster node to cluster 

[grid@racnode01 addnode]$ ./addnode.sh -silent "CLUSTER_NEW_NODES={racnode02}" "CLUSTER_NEW_VIRTUAL_HOSTNAMES={racnode02-vip}" "CLUSTER_NEW_NODE_ROLES={hub}"

[FATAL] [INS-40912] Virtual host name: racnode02-vip is assigned to another system on the network.

   CAUSE: One or more virtual host names appeared to be assigned to another system on the network.

   ACTION: Ensure that the virtual host names assigned to each of the nodes in the cluster are not currently in use, and the IP addresses are registered to the domain name you want to use as the virtual host name.

  

2. Virtual IP's should NOT be pingable before the installation of the Grid Infrastructure.

#ping racnode02-vip

PING racnode02-vip.com (aaa.aa.aa.17) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from racnode02-vip.com(aaa.aa.aa.17):icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.067 ms

64 bytes from racnode02-vip.com(aaa.aa.aa.17):icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.156 ms

I’m able to ping node2 VIP, Looks something wrong

• Verified /etc/hosts file on all cluster nodes ,vip details not added

• Check network configuration with ifconfig

root@racnode01~ # ifconfig -a | grep aaa.aa.aa.17

  inet aaa.aa.aa.17  netmask 255.255.254.0  broadcast aaa.aa.aa.255

       

bond0:5: flags=5187<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MASTER,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

  inet aaa.aa.aa.17  netmask 255.255.254.0  broadcast aaa.aa.aa.255

  ether 00:aa:b3:00:02:2f  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

       

3. Alias was created for NIC interface with the use of the virtual IP (during  previous installation)

 

Brought down interface

ifconfig bond0:5 down