[Gluster-users] trouble rebalancing volume
Brian Cipriano
bcipriano at zerovfx.com
Fri Mar 9 16:23:35 UTC 2012
Strange! Our procedures are almost exactly the same.
I did use the .deb file from gluster.org.
The only possible difference is that my bricks are mounted differently.
My bricks are mounted within /gluster:
/gluster/brick0001
/gluster/brick0002
and so on.
- brian
On 3/9/12 11:19 AM, Xavier Normand wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> i replicate you setup and try to rebalance. I didn't have any of your
> issue.
>
> There is what i did:
>
> 1. Install a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64Bit
> 2. Install GlusterFS using the .deb file
> 3. Add two drive two 1TB each format in ext4 mount on /data1 & /data2
> 4. Create a volume in glusterfs [ volume create data transport tcp
> glustertest:/data1 ]
> 5. Start the volume et mount it on the same server on /media
> 6. Copy a bunch on file on it.
> 7. Add the other drive in the volume [ volume add-brick data
> glustertest:/data2 ]
> 8. Rebalance [ volume rebalance data start ]
>
> Are you using the .deb file on gluster.org <http://gluster.org>?
>
> *Xavier*
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Brian Cipriano <bcipriano at zerovfx.com
> <mailto:bcipriano at zerovfx.com>> wrote:
>
> 10.04 LTS, 64-bit.
>
>
> On 3/9/12 10:57 AM, Xavier Normand wrote:
>> What version of Ubuntu are you using? LTS? 32 or 64 bits?
>>
>> *Xavier Normand*
>> Administrateur Système
>> De Marque inc.
>> 418 658-1910 #229 <tel:418%20658-1910%20%23229>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Brian Cipriano
>> <bcipriano at zerovfx.com <mailto:bcipriano at zerovfx.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Sure thing. I believe these are them.
>>
>> The volume in question is called "west".
>>
>> - brian
>>
>>
>> On 3/9/12 10:27 AM, shylesh kumar wrote:
>>> Hi Brian,
>>>
>>> Could you please provide the rebalance and glusterd logs,
>>> that would help in debugging the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Shylesh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Brian Cipriano
>>> <bcipriano at zerovfx.com <mailto:bcipriano at zerovfx.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've just confirmed that the same is happening on a
>>> totally different Ubuntu machine. Doesn't seem to be
>>> confined to the machine.
>>>
>>> Could maybe be something I'm missing in the setup
>>> though? Some package I haven't installed?
>>>
>>> - brian
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/9/12 9:59 AM, Brian Cipriano wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>> <mailto:bcipriano at zerovfx.com>>
>>> To: gluster-users at gluster.org
>>> <mailto: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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>>> --
>>> Thanks & Regards
>>> Shylesh Kumar M
>>>
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