[Gluster-devel] Volume management proposal (4.0)

[Jeff Darcy]

> > (E) The user must specify an explicit option to see the status of
> > secondary volumes.  Without this option, secondary volumes are hidden
> > and status for their constituent bricks will be shown as though they
> > were (directly) part of the corresponding primary volume.
>
> IIUC, secondary volumes are internal representations and do not get
> exposed to the user, then why do we need to provide an explicit option
> for the status? Correct me if my understanding is wrong.

They are exposed to the user, but only in a limited way.  For example,
the user can still set options on a secondary volume, add or remove
bricks, initiate a rebalance, and so on.  What they can't do is start
or mount it separately from its primary.