I recently had to swap a server for a new one. The info at http://gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Gluster_3.2:_Brick_Restoration_-_Replace_Crashed_Server has not been updated for 3.3. It works if you change it as follows: grep server3 /var/lib/glusterd/peers/* echo UUID=... >/var/lib/glusterd/glusterd.info It would be good if this could be updated, but even better if the admin guide had it (as this seems to be a pretty crucial bit of gluster administration) http://www.gluster.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Gluster_File_System-3.3.0-Administration_Guide-en-US.pdf Regards, Brian.