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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have a glusterfs 3.10.10 (tried 3.12.6 as well) volume on Ubuntu 16.04 with a 3 ssd tier where one ssd is bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Status of volume: labgreenbin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Gluster process TCP Port RDMA Port Online Pid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Hot Bricks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Brick labgfs81:/gfs/p1-tier/mount 49156 0 Y 4217<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Brick labgfs51:/gfs/p1-tier/mount N/A N/A N N/A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Brick labgfs11:/gfs/p1-tier/mount 49152 0 Y 643<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Cold Bricks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Brick labgfs11:/gfs/p1/mount 49153 0 Y 312<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Brick labgfs51:/gfs/p1/mount 49153 0 Y 295<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier",serif">Brick labgfs81:/gfs/p1/mount 49153 0 Y 307<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cannot find a command to replace the ssd so instead trying detach the tier but:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># gluster volume tier labgreenbin detach start<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume tier detach start: failed: Pre Validation failed on labgfs51. Found stopped brick labgfs51:/gfs/p1-tier/mount. Use force option to remove the offline brick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tier command failed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">‘force’ results in Usage:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># gluster volume tier labgreenbin detach start force<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Usage:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume tier <VOLNAME> status<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume tier <VOLNAME> start [force]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume tier <VOLNAME> stop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume tier <VOLNAME> attach [<replica COUNT>] <NEW-BRICK>... [force]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume tier <VOLNAME> detach <start|stop|status|commit|[force]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">So trying to remove the brick:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># gluster v remove-brick labgreenbin replica 2 labgfs51:/gfs/p1-tier/mount force<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Removing brick(s) can result in data loss. Do you want to Continue? (y/n) y<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">volume remove-brick commit force: failed: Removing brick from a Tier volume is not allowed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Succeeded removing the tier with:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># gluster volume tier labgreenbin detach force<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">but what does that mean? Will the content of tier get lost?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How to solve this situation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">/Curt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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