Hello folks. A new conundrum to make sure that my life with GlusterFS doesn't become boring :-) Configuration at end of this message: On client - directory appears to be empty: # ls -l /pfs2/online_archive/2011/01 total 0 fgrep -C 2 inode /var/log/glusterfs/pfs2.log | tail -10 [2011-05-18 14:40:11.665045] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes [2011-05-18 14:43:47.810045] E [rpc-clnt.c:199:call_bail] 0-pfs-ro1-client-1: bailing out frame type(GlusterFS 3.1) op(INODELK(29)) xid = 0x130824x sent = 2011-0 5-18 14:13:45.978987. timeout = 1800 [2011-05-18 14:53:12.311323] E [afr-common.c:110:afr_set_split_brain] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-0: invalid argument: inode [2011-05-18 15:00:32.240373] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes [2011-05-18 15:10:12.282848] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes -- [2011-05-19 10:10:25.967246] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes [2011-05-19 10:20:18.551953] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes [2011-05-19 10:29:34.834256] E [afr-common.c:110:afr_set_split_brain] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-0: invalid argument: inode [2011-05-19 10:30:06.898152] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes [2011-05-19 10:32:05.258799] E [afr-self-heal-metadata.c:524:afr_sh_metadata_fix] 0-pfs-ro1-replicate-6: Unable to self-heal permissions/ownership of '/' (possib le split-brain). Please fix the file on all backend volumes On server - directory is populated: loop_check ' ls -l /export/read-only/g*/online_archive/2011/01' jc1letgfs{14,15,17,18} | less jc1letgfs14 /export/read-only/g01/online_archive/2011/01: total 80 drwxrwxrwt 3 403 1009 4096 May 4 10:35 03 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 7 12:18 04 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:35 05 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:36 06 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:36 07 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:41 10 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:37 11 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:43 12 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:43 13 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:44 14 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:46 18 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 Apr 14 14:11 19 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:43 20 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:49 21 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:45 24 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:47 25 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:52 26 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:49 27 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:50 28 drwxrwxrwt 3 107421 1009 4096 May 4 10:56 31 (and shows on every brick the same) And from the server logs: root at jc1letgfs17:/var/log/glusterfs# fgrep '2011-05-19 10:39:30' bricks/export-read-only-g*.log [2011-05-19 10:39:30.306661] E [posix.c:438:posix_lookup] 0-pfs-ro1-posix: lstat on /online_archive/2011/01/21 failed: No data available [2011-05-19 10:39:30.307754] E [posix.c:438:posix_lookup] 0-pfs-ro1-posix: lstat on /online_archive/2011/01/21 failed: No data available [2011-05-19 10:39:30.308230] E [posix.c:438:posix_lookup] 0-pfs-ro1-posix: lstat on /online_archive/2011/01/21 failed: No data available [2011-05-19 10:39:30.322342] E [posix.c:438:posix_lookup] 0-pfs-ro1-posix: lstat on /online_archive/2011/01/21 failed: No data available [2011-05-19 10:39:30.421298] E [posix.c:438:posix_lookup] 0-pfs-ro1-posix: lstat on /online_archive/2011/01/21 failed: No data available The only two things that jump out so far are: the permissions on the directories under /export/read-only/g01/online_archive/2011/01 are 7777, whereas on the directories under /export/read-only/g01/online_archive/2010/01 are just 755. The lstat "no data available errors" only see to appear on the problem directories. Any hints or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, James Config: All on Gluster 3.1.3 Servers: 4 CentOS 5.5 (ProLiant DL370 G6 servers, Intel Xeon 3200 MHz), Each with: Single P812 Smart Array Controller, Single MDS600 with 70 2TB SATA drives configured as RAID 50 48 MB RAM Clients: 185 CentOS 5.2 (mostly DL360 G6). /pfs2 is the mount point for a Duplicated-Replicate volume of 4 servers. Volume Name: pfs-ro1 Type: Distributed-Replicate Status: Started Number of Bricks: 20 x 2 = 40 Transport-type: tcp Bricks: Brick1: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g01 Brick2: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g01 Brick3: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g02 Brick4: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g02 Brick5: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g03 Brick6: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g03 Brick7: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g04 Brick8: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g04 Brick9: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g05 Brick10: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g05 Brick11: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g06 Brick12: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g06 Brick13: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g07 Brick14: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g07 Brick15: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g08 Brick16: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g08 Brick17: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g09 Brick18: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g09 Brick19: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g10 Brick20: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g10 Brick21: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g01 Brick22: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g01 Brick23: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g02 Brick24: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g02 Brick25: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g03 Brick26: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g03 Brick27: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g04 Brick28: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g04 Brick29: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g05 Brick30: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g05 Brick11: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g06 Brick12: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g06 Brick13: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g07 Brick14: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g07 Brick15: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g08 Brick16: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g08 Brick17: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g09 Brick18: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g09 Brick19: jc1letgfs17-pfs1:/export/read-only/g10 Brick20: jc1letgfs18-pfs1:/export/read-only/g10 Brick21: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g01 Brick22: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g01 Brick23: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g02 Brick24: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g02 Brick25: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g03 Brick26: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g03 Brick27: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g04 Brick28: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g04 Brick29: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g05 Brick30: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g05 Brick31: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g06 Brick32: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g06 Brick33: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g07 Brick34: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g07 Brick35: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g08 Brick36: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g08 Brick37: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g09 Brick38: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g09 Brick39: jc1letgfs14-pfs1:/export/read-only/g10 Brick40: jc1letgfs15-pfs1:/export/read-only/g10 Options Reconfigured: diagnostics.brick-log-level: ERROR cluster.metadata-change-log: on diagnostics.client-log-level: ERROR performance.stat-prefetch: on performance.cache-size: 2GB network.ping-timeout: 10 DISCLAIMER: This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. 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