Hi Anand, See output below. gluster-node4 is where I execute the create volume command. On gluster-node1: > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: mnt security.selinux=0x73797374656d5f753a6f626a6563745f723a6d6e745f743a733000 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick1 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick1/vol_icclab > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick2 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick2/vol_icclab On gluster-node4: > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: mnt security.selinux=0x73797374656d5f753a6f626a6563745f723a6d6e745f743a733000 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick1 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick1/vol_icclab/ getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: mnt/brick1/vol_icclab/ trusted.glusterfs.volume-id=0xa2b943d2271a464da2ae7e29ede15552 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick2 > getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick2/vol_icclab/ getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names # file: mnt/brick2/vol_icclab/ trusted.glusterfs.volume-id=0xa2b943d2271a464da2ae7e29ede15552 Cheers, -- Daniele Stroppa Researcher Institute of Information Technology Z?rich University of Applied Sciences http://www.cloudcomp.ch<http://www.cloudcomp.ch/> From: Anand Avati <anand.avati at gmail.com<mailto:anand.avati at gmail.com>> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:02:20 -0700 To: Daniele Stroppa <strp at zhaw.ch<mailto:strp at zhaw.ch>> Cc: Vijay Bellur <vbellur at redhat.com<mailto:vbellur at redhat.com>>, "gluster-users at gluster.org<mailto:gluster-users at gluster.org>" <gluster-users at gluster.org<mailto:gluster-users at gluster.org>> Subject: Re: Volume creation fails with "prefix of it is already part of a volume" Please provide the output of the following commands on the respective nodes: on gluster-node1 and gluster-node4: getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick1 getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick1/vol_icclab getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick2 getfattr -d -e hex -m . /mnt/brick2/vol_icclab Thanks, Avati On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Stroppa Daniele (strp) <strp at zhaw.ch<mailto:strp at zhaw.ch>> wrote: Hi Vijay, I did saw the link you posted, but as mentioned earlier I get this error when creating the volume for the first time, not when I try to remove and then re-add a brick to a volume. Thanks, -- Daniele Stroppa Researcher Institute of Information Technology Z?rich University of Applied Sciences http://www.cloudcomp.ch <http://www.cloudcomp.ch/> On 22/08/2013 08:19, "Vijay Bellur" <vbellur at redhat.com<mailto:vbellur at redhat.com>> wrote: >On 08/21/2013 08:21 PM, Stroppa Daniele (strp) wrote: >> Thanks Daniel. >> >> I'm indeed running Gluster 3.4 on CentOS 6.4. >> >> I've tried your suggestion, it does work for me too, but it's not an >> optimal solution. >> >> Maybe someone could shed some light on this behaviour? > >This might be of help in understanding the behavior: > >http://joejulian.name/blog/glusterfs-path-or-a-prefix-of-it-is-already-par >t-of-a-volume/ > >Please do let us know if you need more clarity on this. > >-Vijay >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Daniele Stroppa >> Researcher >> Institute of Information Technology >> Z?rich University of Applied Sciences >> http://www.cloudcomp.ch <http://www.cloudcomp.ch/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 21/08/2013 09:00, "Daniel M?ller" <mueller at tropenklinik.de<mailto:mueller at tropenklinik.de>> wrote: >> >>> Are you running with gluster 3.4? >>> I had the same issue. I solved it by deleting my subfolders again and >>>then >>> create new ones. In your case brick1 and brick2. >>> Then create new subfolders in the place,ex.: mkdir /mnt/bricknew1 and >>> /mnt/bricknew2 . >>> This solved the problem for me, not knowing why gluster 3.4 behave like >>> this. >>> Good Luck >>> >>> >>> EDV Daniel M?ller >>> >>> Leitung EDV >>> Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus >>> Paul-Lechler-Str. 24 >>> 72076 T?bingen >>> Tel.: 07071/206-463, Fax: 07071/206-499 >>> eMail: mueller at tropenklinik.de<mailto:mueller at tropenklinik.de> >>> Internet: www.tropenklinik.de<http://www.tropenklinik.de> >>> >>> Von: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org<mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org> >>> [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org<mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org>] Im Auftrag von Stroppa >>>Daniele >>> (strp) >>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. August 2013 21:51 >>> An: gluster-users at gluster.org<mailto:gluster-users at gluster.org> >>> Betreff: Volume creation fails with "prefix of it is >>> already >>> part of a volume" >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm setting up a small test cluster: 2 nodes (gluster-node1 and >>> gluster-node4) with 2 bricks each (/mnt/brick1 and /mnt/brick2) and one >>> volume (vol_icclab). When I issue the create volume command I get the >>> following error: >>> >>> # gluster volume create vol_icclab replica 2 transport tcp >>> gluster-node4.test:/mnt/brick1/vol_icclab >>> gluster-node1.test:/mnt/brick1/vol_icclab >>> gluster-node4.test:/mnt/brick2/vol_icclab >>> gluster-node1.test:/mnt/brick2/vol_icclab >>> volume create: vol_icclab: failed: /mnt/brick1/vol_icclab or a prefix >>>of >>> it >>> is already part of a volume >>> >>> I checked and found this [1], but in my case the issue it's happening >>>when >>> creating the volume for the first time, not after removing/adding a >>>brick >>> to >>> a volume. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> [1] >>> >>>http://joejulian.name/blog/glusterfs-path-or-a-prefix-of-it-is-already-p >>> art-of-a-volume/ >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -- >>> Daniele Stroppa >>> Researcher >>> Institute of Information Technology >>> Z?rich University of Applied Sciences >>> http://www.cloudcomp.ch >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org<mailto:Gluster-users at gluster.org> >> http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> > _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users at gluster.org<mailto:Gluster-users at gluster.org> http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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