[Gluster-users] Replication does not replicate the reference node on crash

[Vikas Gorur]

joel vennin wrote:
> Hi ! I'm continuing to test glusterfs,
>
> I've a strange problem us replication in fact. My setup is prety easy, i've
> 3 nodes, and I want to make replication through this 3 nodes
>
> Basic configuration:
>
> volume mega-replicator
>        type       cluster/replicate
>        subvolumes zbrick1 zbrick2 zbrick3
> end-volume
>
> The scenario:
>
> 1) I copy data to the gluster mount point: -> Data is copied on the 3 nodes
> [OK]
> 2) I kill zbrick2 glusterfs, I erase data on zbrick2, I remount glusterfs
> mount point, do a ls -Rl on the mount point, data is replicated to zbrick2
> [OK]
> 3) I do exactly the same thing with zbrick1, when I mount again the zbrick1,
> I do a ls -Rl on the mount point and there is nothing, the directory is
> empty.
>     So I do a ls -Rl on the zbrick2 and on zbrick3, and I get the same
> result, nothing on the mount point.
>     Why ?
>
>
>   
This is a known issue for now:
http://gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Understanding_AFR_Translator#Self-heal_of_a_file_that_does_not_exist_on_the_first_subvolume

Vikas