[Gluster-users] Add-brick and arbiter volume

[tim]

On 12/11/2015 6:37 PM, Ravishankar N wrote:
> On 12/11/2015 09:37 AM, Ravishankar N wrote:
>>
>>> As I just tried replacing an arbiter volume using replace-brick and
>>> it seems that it's now using the same amount of space as the other
>>> bricks.
> There is a bug in glusterfs 3.7.6 where if the glusterd gets restarted
> for whatever reason, and you do any operation that modifies volfile
> info (like replace-brick for example), then the volume becomes a
> normal replica 3 volume. This has been fixed by Pranith 
> (http://review.gluster.org/#/c/12479/) and will make it to 3.7.7 which
> I think is scheduled to be released in a week or two. I'll document
> the steps that need to be performed to restore the volume to the
> arbiter configuration and add it to the release notes.
>
Much Appreciated Ravi,
Was just about to go into production and found this chestnut.
Will pump the brakes till after christmas.

Cheers,