[Gluster-devel] missing files

David F. Robinson david.robinson at corvidtec.com
Wed Feb 4 18:23:51 UTC 2015


Distributed/replicated

Volume Name: homegfs
Type: Distributed-Replicate
Volume ID: 1e32672a-f1b7-4b58-ba94-58c085e59071
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 4 x 2 = 8
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: gfsib01a.corvidtec.com:/data/brick01a/homegfs
Brick2: gfsib01b.corvidtec.com:/data/brick01b/homegfs
Brick3: gfsib01a.corvidtec.com:/data/brick02a/homegfs
Brick4: gfsib01b.corvidtec.com:/data/brick02b/homegfs
Brick5: gfsib02a.corvidtec.com:/data/brick01a/homegfs
Brick6: gfsib02b.corvidtec.com:/data/brick01b/homegfs
Brick7: gfsib02a.corvidtec.com:/data/brick02a/homegfs
Brick8: gfsib02b.corvidtec.com:/data/brick02b/homegfs
Options Reconfigured:
performance.io-thread-count: 32
performance.cache-size: 128MB
performance.write-behind-window-size: 128MB
server.allow-insecure: on
network.ping-timeout: 10
storage.owner-gid: 100
geo-replication.indexing: off
geo-replication.ignore-pid-check: on
changelog.changelog: on
changelog.fsync-interval: 3
changelog.rollover-time: 15
server.manage-gids: on


------ Original Message ------
From: "Xavier Hernandez" <xhernandez at datalab.es>
To: "David F. Robinson" <david.robinson at corvidtec.com>; "Benjamin 
Turner" <bennyturns at gmail.com>
Cc: "gluster-users at gluster.org" <gluster-users at gluster.org>; "Gluster 
Devel" <gluster-devel at gluster.org>
Sent: 2/4/2015 6:03:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] missing files

>On 02/04/2015 01:30 AM, David F. Robinson wrote:
>>Sorry. Thought about this a little more. I should have been clearer.
>>The files were on both bricks of the replica, not just one side. So,
>>both bricks had to have been up... The files/directories just don't 
>>show
>>up on the mount.
>>I was reading and saw a related bug
>>(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159484). I saw it
>>suggested to run:
>>          find <mount> -d -exec getfattr -h -n trusted.ec.heal {} \;
>
>This command is specific for a dispersed volume. It won't do anything 
>(aside from the error you are seeing) on a replicated volume.
>
>I think you are using a replicated volume, right ?
>
>In this case I'm not sure what can be happening. Is your volume a pure 
>replicated one or a distributed-replicated ? on a pure replicated it 
>doesn't make sense that some entries do not show in an 'ls' when the 
>file is in both replicas (at least without any error message in the 
>logs). On a distributed-replicated it could be caused by some problem 
>while combining contents of each replica set.
>
>What's the configuration of your volume ?
>
>Xavi
>
>>
>>I get a bunch of errors for operation not supported:
>>[root at gfs02a homegfs]# find wks_backup -d -exec getfattr -h -n
>>trusted.ec.heal {} \;
>>find: warning: the -d option is deprecated; please use -depth instead,
>>because the latter is a POSIX-compliant feature.
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/backup: trusted.ec.heal: Operation not 
>>supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/logs/2014_05_20.log: trusted.ec.heal: 
>>Operation
>>not supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/logs/2014_05_21.log: trusted.ec.heal: 
>>Operation
>>not supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/logs/2014_05_18.log: trusted.ec.heal: 
>>Operation
>>not supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/logs/2014_05_19.log: trusted.ec.heal: 
>>Operation
>>not supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/logs/2014_05_22.log: trusted.ec.heal: 
>>Operation
>>not supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup/logs: trusted.ec.heal: Operation not supported
>>wks_backup/homer_backup: trusted.ec.heal: Operation not supported
>>------ Original Message ------
>>From: "Benjamin Turner" <bennyturns at gmail.com 
>><mailto:bennyturns at gmail.com>>
>>To: "David F. Robinson" <david.robinson at corvidtec.com
>><mailto:david.robinson at corvidtec.com>>
>>Cc: "Gluster Devel" <gluster-devel at gluster.org
>><mailto:gluster-devel at gluster.org>>; "gluster-users at gluster.org"
>><gluster-users at gluster.org <mailto:gluster-users at gluster.org>>
>>Sent: 2/3/2015 7:12:34 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] missing files
>>>It sounds to me like the files were only copied to one replica, 
>>>werent
>>>there for the initial for the initial ls which triggered a self heal,
>>>and were there for the last ls because they were healed. Is there any
>>>chance that one of the replicas was down during the rsync? It could
>>>be that you lost a brick during copy or something like that. To
>>>confirm I would look for disconnects in the brick logs as well as
>>>checking glusterfshd.log to verify the missing files were actually
>>>healed.
>>>
>>>-b
>>>
>>>On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 5:37 PM, David F. Robinson
>>><david.robinson at corvidtec.com <mailto:david.robinson at corvidtec.com>>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>     I rsync'd 20-TB over to my gluster system and noticed that I had
>>>     some directories missing even though the rsync completed 
>>>normally.
>>>     The rsync logs showed that the missing files were transferred.
>>>     I went to the bricks and did an 'ls -al
>>>     /data/brick*/homegfs/dir/*' the files were on the bricks. After I
>>>     did this 'ls', the files then showed up on the FUSE mounts.
>>>     1) Why are the files hidden on the fuse mount?
>>>     2) Why does the ls make them show up on the FUSE mount?
>>>     3) How can I prevent this from happening again?
>>>     Note, I also mounted the gluster volume using NFS and saw the 
>>>same
>>>     behavior. The files/directories were not shown until I did the
>>>     "ls" on the bricks.
>>>     David
>>>     ===============================
>>>     David F. Robinson, Ph.D.
>>>     President - Corvid Technologies
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>>><mailto:David.Robinson at corvidtec.com>
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