When trying to even cd or ls the mounted OCFS2 partition it crashes.  I think this is a combination of VMWare Server's problem and the way I mounted and symlinked to it.

More than anything this shows the problem and lack of forsight with VMWare, but also that OCFS2 is easily crashed if you do strange things.

Output of /var/log/messages for OCFS2

Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] Modules linked in: vmnet vmci vmmon ocfs2_stack_o2cb ocfs2 ocfs2_stackglue ocfs2_dlmfs ocfs2_dlm ocfs2_nodemanager configfs nls_cp437 cifs af_packet binfmt_misc rfcomm bridge stp bnep sco l2cap bluetooth ppdev ipv6 powernow_k8 cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave freq_table pci_slot video output container wmi sbs sbshc battery iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ac lp psmouse serio_raw k8temp evdev pcspkr nvidia(P) agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug parport_pc parport snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device button i2c_nforce2 isp1760 i2c_core snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom sg pata_acpi pata_amd ata_generic sata_nv libata ehci_hcd forcedeth ohci_hcd usbcore scsi_mod dock thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse [last unloaded: vmnet]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] Pid: 11293, comm: vmware-vmx Tainted: P          (2.6.27-11-server #1)
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] EIP: 0060:[<c038d242>] EFLAGS: 00003246 CPU: 1
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] EIP is at _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x22/0x40
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] EAX: 00003246 EBX: 00003246 ECX: c0b64204 EDX: 00003246
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] ESI: c0b6420c EDI: 00003246 EBP: d6017c94 ESP: d6017c88
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] CR0: 8005003b CR2: a4706000 CR3: 088f8000 CR4: 000006b0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258] DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90e2069>] ocfs2_should_refresh_lock_res+0xf9/0x1c0 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01802c6>] ? handle_edge_irq+0xd6/0x120
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90e254d>] ocfs2_inode_lock_update+0xad/0x5c0 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c038d1bd>] ? _spin_lock+0xd/0x10
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90f50b2>] ? ocfs2_wait_for_recovery+0x32/0xc0 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90e5b1d>] ocfs2_inode_lock_full+0x37d/0x6f0 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90e6166>] ocfs2_inode_lock_with_page+0x26/0x80 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90d35cb>] ocfs2_readpage+0x4b/0x290 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c018bdc3>] ? find_get_page+0x23/0xb0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c018db1b>] do_generic_file_read+0x1cb/0x4d0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c018dec3>] generic_file_aio_read+0xa3/0x1d0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c018b960>] ? file_read_actor+0x0/0xe0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90dd62f>] ? ocfs2_inode_unlock+0xff/0x1f0 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<f90e941f>] ocfs2_file_aio_read+0xdf/0x460 [ocfs2]
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01bad89>] do_sync_read+0xd9/0x120
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c023dfb4>] ? aa_file_permission+0x14/0xc0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c014f040>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c021c494>] ? security_file_permission+0x14/0x20
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01bae1d>] ? rw_verify_area+0x4d/0xc0
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01ba8ab>] ? fsnotify_access+0x6b/0x80
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01bb53d>] vfs_read+0x9d/0x110
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01bacb0>] ? do_sync_read+0x0/0x120
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c01bb633>] sys_pread64+0x83/0x90
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  [<c0109f03>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f
Apr 10 15:57:45 localhost kernel: [84331.691258]  =======================

Restart OCFS2 Service

service ocfs2 restart

Stopping Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS2) Failed
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
/mnt/sda2:          cmcmcccc
Could not kill process 11592: No such process
Could not kill process 11770: No such process
Could not kill process 12273: No such process
Could not kill process 12360: No such process
/var/lib/vmware/Virtual_Machines:cmcmcccc
Could not kill process 5792: No such process
Could not kill process 11279: No such process
Could not kill process 11592: No such process
Could not kill process 11770: No such process
Could not kill process 11919: No such process
Could not kill process 12273: No such process
Could not kill process 12360: No such process
Retry stopping Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS2) Failed
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Retry stopping Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS2) Failed
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\040Machines: No such file or directory
Starting Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS2) OK
 

Relevant OCFS2 Mount Points & Symlinks

/mnt/sda2/VMWare on /var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines type none (rw,bind)

I think the space in "Virtual Machines" is half the problem and I was also experimenting on it with new symlinks and even deleting it at some points.  I think this is what did it since that "Virtual Machines" was remounted from the OCFS2 partition.
 

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