Problem during 11.1.0.7 clusteware upgrade when runnng post upgrade script

Hello,
I have encountered a problem whilst upgrading a 3 node RAC cluster to 11.1.0.7 patchset as follows :-
I ran OUI against the CRS_HOME to upgrade to the 11.1.0.7 patchset. The upgrade completed successfully across all nodes.
OUI then prompted to run the post install script (_root111.sh)_ as root user on each of the 3 nodes in the cluster, so I did the following (in SERIAL order as recommended):-
NODE1 - ran crsctl stop crs
ran root111.sh script
Both the above actions completed on NODE1 with no problems
NODE2 ran crsctl stop crs
ran root111.sh script
'Text file busy' error received on several files during execution of root111.sh script on NODE2 (This may have been due to the fact that CRS processes had not fully stopped when I invoked the script). The result was that the script did not complete successfully (linking , etc) and CRS did not start up afterwards.
NODE1 - ran crsctl stop crs
ran root111.sh script
Both the above actions completed on NODE3 with no problems
The result of all the above is that clusterware on NODE2 is in an inconsistent state and CSS and its dependent processes cannot start . What I need to know is how the best way to get out of this situation and complete the upgrade to 11.1.0.7 on all 3 nodes of the cluster. Can I somehow deinstall clusterware on Node2 and reinstall it again independently of Nodes1 and 3 ???
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated !
Thanks,
Shaun

Hello ShaunH,
Take a look on Metalink note 754095.1 This note may helps u.
Regards,
Rodrigo Mufalani
http://mufalani.blogspot.com

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