[Gluster-users] trouble rebalancing volume

[Brian Cipriano]

Hi Shylesh - thanks for the reply.

I've restarted a few times - glusterd, the volume, the machine itself. 
Same results.

- brian

On 3/9/12 12:46 AM, Shylesh Kumar Mohan wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Could you please restart glusterd and try again rebalancing.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Shylesh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Cipriano<bcipriano at zerovfx.com>
> To: gluster-users at gluster.org
> Sent: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:08:22 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [Gluster-users] trouble rebalancing volume
>
> Hi all -
>
> I'm having issues rebalancing my layout/data across a two-brick volume.
> I'm on Gluster 3.2.5.
>
> I'm currently using a single Ubuntu 10.04 machine. Both bricks reside on
> this machine. Adding the brick went fine. Here's the volume's info:
>
> $ sudo gluster volume info
> Volume Name: branch
> Type: Distribute
> Status: Started
> Number of Bricks: 2
> Transport-type: tcp
> Bricks:
> Brick1: system01:/gluster/brick0001
> Brick2: system01:/gluster/brick0002
>
> brick0001 has a bunch of files on it, brick0002 is empty. I'd like to
> rebalance the directory layout and data onto the new brick. But strange
> things happen when I try to do this.
>
> $ sudo gluster volume rebalance branch fix-layout status
> rebalance stopped
> $ sudo gluster volume rebalance branch fix-layout start
> Rebalance on branch is already started
> $ sudo gluster volume rebalance branch fix-layout status
> rebalance stopped
>
> Weird! I can't seem to get this to work.
>
> Am I doing some wrong, or is this some other issue?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - brian
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