Restarted daemons on both servers and checked logs: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [2011-01-18 00:50:58.452742] I [glusterd-handler.c:673:glusterd_handle_cli_list_friends] glusterd: Received cli list req [2011-01-18 00:51:04.994903] I [glusterfsd.c:672:cleanup_and_exit] glusterfsd: shutting down [2011-01-18 00:51:07.35087] I [glusterd.c:275:init] management: Using /etc/glusterd as working directory [2011-01-18 00:51:07.36126] E [rpc-transport.c:905:rpc_transport_load] rpc-transport: /usr/local/lib/glusterfs/3.1.2/rpc-transport/rdma.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [2011-01-18 00:51:07.36141] E [rpc-transport.c:909:rpc_transport_load] rpc-transport: volume 'rdma.management': transport-type 'rdma' is not valid or not found on this machine [2011-01-18 00:51:07.36233] I [glusterd.c:87:glusterd_uuid_init] glusterd: retrieved UUID: 301d715d-649f-42a3-ac2f-208ada7447c2 [2011-01-18 00:51:07.36313] E [glusterd-store.c:1446:glusterd_store_retrieve_peers] management: key: 0x7f8580, and value: (nil) Given volfile: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1: volume management 2: type mgmt/glusterd 3: option working-directory /etc/glusterd 4: option transport-type socket,rdma 5: option transport.socket.keepalive-time 10 6: option transport.socket.keepalive-interval 2 7: end-volume 8: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I see it complaining about transport-type so I added 'tcp' and restarted daemons again: [2011-01-18 01:00:06.436154] I [glusterd.c:275:init] management: Using /etc/glusterd as working directory [2011-01-18 01:00:06.436993] E [socket.c:322:__socket_server_bind] tcp.management: binding to failed: Address already in use [2011-01-18 01:00:06.437008] E [socket.c:325:__socket_server_bind] tcp.management: Port is already in use [2011-01-18 01:00:06.437108] I [glusterd.c:87:glusterd_uuid_init] glusterd: retrieved UUID: 301d715d-649f-42a3-ac2f-208ada7447c2 Given volfile: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1: volume management 2: type mgmt/glusterd 3: option working-directory /etc/glusterd 4: option transport-type socket,tcp,rdma 5: option transport.socket.keepalive-time 10 6: option transport.socket.keepalive-interval 2 7: end-volume 8: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ It looks like it's trying to complain about a port, but what port?