# Running with Operator on GKE, cluster won't start with the Guaranteed QoS class

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/running-with-operator-on-gke-cluster-wont-start-with-the-guaranteed-qos-class/2949>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** troubleshooting, administration, operator\
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/running-with-operator-on-gke-cluster-wont-start-with-the-guaranteed-qos-class/2949 "2024-09-24T09:16:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/running-with-operator-on-gke-cluster-wont-start-with-the-guaranteed-qos-class/2949/1 "2024-09-24T09:16:12Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> [**Originally from the User Slack**](https://scylladb-users.slack.com/)
> 
> ![Łukasz_Sanokowski](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/c/ce2a7df62b36f2129bef48e025887116c7121f29.jpeg) **@Łukasz\_Sanokowski:** 👋 I have a problem with Scylla spinned up via Operator in latest version 1.13.0 on GKE. It won’t start with `Guaranteed` QoS class, while it works on exactly the same stack, but on `Burstable` class.
> 
> The log of `scylla` pod running in `Guranteed` class is following (thats whole, it is getting stuck there):
> 
> ```auto
> Kubectl logs scylla-europe-west4-europe-west4-a-0 scylla
> I0909 10:49:20.511209 1 operator/cmd.go:21] maxprocs: Updating GOMAXPROCS=[6]: determined from CPU quota
> I0909 10:49:20.522214 1 operator/sidecar.go:167] sidecar version "v1.13.0-rc.0-2-g7f37771"
> I0909 10:49:20.522240 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --burst="5"
> I0909 10:49:20.522248 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --clients-broadcast-address-type="ServiceClusterIP"
> I0909 10:49:20.522254 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --cpu-count="6"
> I0909 10:49:20.522258 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --external-seeds="[]"
> I0909 10:49:20.522272 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --feature-gates="AllAlpha=false,AllBeta=false,AutomaticTLSCertificates=true"
> I0909 10:49:20.522289 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --help="false"
> I0909 10:49:20.522295 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --kubeconfig=""
> I0909 10:49:20.522300 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --loglevel="2"
> I0909 10:49:20.522305 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --namespace="scylla"
> I0909 10:49:20.522310 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --nodes-broadcast-address-type="ServiceClusterIP"
> I0909 10:49:20.522315 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --qps="2"
> I0909 10:49:20.522327 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --service-name="scylla-europe-west4-europe-west4-a-0"
> I0909 10:49:20.522332 1 flag/flags.go:64] FLAG: --v="2"
> I0909 10:49:20.525843 1 operator/sidecar.go:207] "Waiting for single service informer caches to sync"
> I0909 10:49:20.537786 1 cache/reflector.go:351] Caches populated for *v1.Service from k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229
> I0909 10:49:20.626652 1 operator/sidecar.go:213] "Waiting for Service availability and IP address" Service="scylla/scylla-europe-west4-europe-west4-a-0"
> I0909 10:49:20.631351 1 cache/reflector.go:351] Caches populated for *v1.Service from k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229
> I0909 10:49:20.632930 1 operator/sidecar.go:236] "Waiting for Pod to have IP address assigned and scylla ContainerID set" Pod="scylla/scylla-europe-west4-europe-west4-a-0"
> I0909 10:49:20.640316 1 cache/reflector.go:351] Caches populated for *v1.Pod from k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229
> E0909 10:49:20.641920 1 cache/reflector.go:147] k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229: Failed to watch *v1.Pod: unknown (get pods)
> I0909 10:49:21.540191 1 cache/reflector.go:351] Caches populated for *v1.Pod from k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229
> E0909 10:49:21.541665 1 cache/reflector.go:147] k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229: Failed to watch *v1.Pod: unknown (get pods)
> I0909 10:49:21.541729 1 operator/sidecar.go:286] "Waiting for NodeConfig's data ConfigMap " Selector="scylla-operator.scylladb.com/config-map-type=NodeConfigData,scylla-operator.scylladb.com/owner-uid=5f42f629-d691-411e-922f-f97ecceabf47"
> I0909 10:49:21.547567 1 cache/reflector.go:351] Caches populated for *v1.ConfigMap from k8s.io/client-go@v0.29.5/tools/cache/reflector.go:229
> 
> ```
> 
> After the simple change of disabling guaranteed class by commenting out:
> 
> ```auto
> agentResources:
> limits:
> cpu: 1
> memory: 1Gi
> 
> ```
> 
> exactly the same setup works, scylla pod is loading successfully as the other containers are.
> 
> ![Maciej_Zimnoch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/9c48adc7bf80c75b465d5cc584019612d70a1ffe.jpeg) **@Maciej\_Zimnoch:** Is your kubelet cpuManagerPolicy set to `static`?
> 
> ![Łukasz_Sanokowski](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/c/ce2a7df62b36f2129bef48e025887116c7121f29.jpeg) **@Łukasz\_Sanokowski:** You are right @Maciej\_Zimnoch, setting it to `static` did the job, thank you ✅