<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><font size="2">I have this a go.</font><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><i style="font-size: small;">gluster volume add-brick myvol replica 2 server2:/brick1 </i></div><div><i style="font-size: small;">gluster volume heal myvol full</i></div><div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">It seems to be syncing the files but very slowly. Also the server load on server01 has risen to 200+ and the gluster clients are no longer able to access the mounts. Is there a way to do this that is not as impactful? Could I manually rsync the bricks before adding the second node back in?</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Cheers,</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Alun.</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Ravishankar N" <ravishankar@redhat.com><br><b>To: </b>"Alun James" <ajames@tibus.com><br><b>Cc: </b>gluster-users@gluster.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 8 January, 2014 4:00:44 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gluster-users] delete brick / format / add empty brick<br><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/07/2014 09:40 PM, Alun James
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I had a 2 node (1 brick each)
replica, some network meltdown issues seemed to cause
problems with second node (server02). glusterfsd
process reaching 200-300% and errors relating to split brain
possibilities and self heal errors.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Original volume info:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><i>Volume Name: myvol</i></font></div>
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<div><i>Type: Replicate</i></div>
<div><i>Status: Started</i></div>
<div><i>Number of Bricks: 2</i></div>
<div><i>Transport-type: tcp</i></div>
<div><i>Bricks:</i></div>
<div><i>Brick1: server01:/brick1</i></div>
<div><i>Brick2: server02:/brick1</i></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I
removed the second brick (that was showing server problems).</span></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><i>gluster volume remove-brick
myvol replica 1 server02:/brick1</i></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Now the volume status is:</font></div>
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<div><i>Volume Name: tsfsvol0</i></div>
<div><i>Type: Distribute</i></div>
<div><i>Status: Started</i></div>
<div><i>Number of Bricks: 1</i></div>
<div><i>Transport-type: tcp</i></div>
<div><i>Bricks:</i></div>
<div><i>Brick1: server01:/brick1</i></div>
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<div>All is fine and the data on working server is sound.</div>
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<div>The xfs partition for <i>server02:/brick1</i> has been
formatted and therefore the data gone. All other gluster
config data has remained untouched. Can I re-add the
second server to the volume with an empty brick and the
data will auto replicate over from the working server?</div>
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<div><i>gluster volume add-brick myvol replica 2
server2:/brick1 ??</i></div>
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<font size="2"><font face="Arial">Yes this should work fine. You
will need to run a `gluster volume heal myvol full` to manually
trigger the replication.</font></font><br>
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