Not sure where to file this so I am posting it here. Attaching the local brick's ip address results in a disconnect and the peer cannot be removed. - <server x.x.x.x> gluster peer probe x.x.x.x - Issuing a gluster peer status shows x.x.x.x as disconnected with uuid of zeros. This is replicated to other bricks. - gluster peer detach x.x.x.x has no effect. The only resolution is to stop the gluster service on all nodes and remove the offending node from /etc/glusterd/peers on all nodes, and restart glusterd on all nodes. Gluster should prevent this from happening in the first place. Cheers Kon