[Gluster-users] not able to use gluster if one of the nodes offline

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Hi,

I'm using glusterfs 3.1.4 and just discovered that the whole is unusable 
if the second gluster server dies (using distributed replica).

I have two gluster servers, called web3-int and web4-int.

Whenever web4-int is not reachable, I'm not able to start glusterfs on 
web3-int.

On web3-int, it fails with the following info in the log:

glusterd: cannot resolve brick: web3-int:/home/gluster-data



The workaround for this problem was "easy" (well, after spending some 
time debugging...) - manually adding a file with web3-int's UID to 
/etc/glusterd/peers directory. Why manually? Because according to 
"gluster peer probe" command, doing this for localhost is not needed:

# gluster peer probe web3-int
Probe on localhost not needed


However, without localhost's file in /etc/glusterd/peers directory, 
glusterd on web3-int is not able to work properly, if web4-int is down.


Is it expected?


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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