Here are the steps that I did to reproduce the problem. Essentially,
if you try to remove a brick that is not the same as the localhost
then it seems to migrate the files on the localhost brick instead and
hence there is a lot of data loss.. If instead, I try to remove the
localhost brick, it works fine. Can we try and get this fix into 3.4.2
as this seems to be the only way to replace a brick, given that
replace-brick is being removed!
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume create v1 transport tcp
s5n9.testing.lan:/data/v1 s5n10.testing.lan:/data/v1
volume create: v1: success: please start the volume to access data
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume start v1
volume start: v1: success
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume info v1
Volume Name: v1
Type: Distribute
Volume ID: 6402b139-2957-4d62-810b-b70e6f9ba922
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 2
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: s5n9.testing.lan:/data/v1
Brick2: s5n10.testing.lan:/data/v1
***********Now NFS mounted the volume onto my laptop and with a script
created 300 files in the mount. Distribution results below **********
[root at s5n9 ~]# ls -l /data/v1 | wc -l
160
[root at s5n10 ~]# ls -l /data/v1 | wc -l
142
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume add-brick v1 s6n11.testing.lan:/data/v1
volume add-brick: success
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume remove-brick v1 s5n10.testing.lan:/data/v1 start
volume remove-brick start: success
ID: 8f3c37d6-2f24-4418-b75a-751dcb6f2b98
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume remove-brick v1 s5n10.testing.lan:/data/v1 status
Node Rebalanced-files
size scanned failures skipped status run-time
in secs
--------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------
--------------
localhost 0
0Bytes 0 0 not started 0.00
s6n12.testing.lan 0
0Bytes 0 0 not started 0.00
s6n11.testing.lan 0
0Bytes 0 0 not started 0.00
s5n10.testing.lan 0
0Bytes 300 0 completed 1.00
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume remove-brick v1 s5n10.testing.lan:/data/v1 commit
Removing brick(s) can result in data loss. Do you want to Continue? (y/n) y
volume remove-brick commit: success
[root at s5n9 ~]# gluster volume info v1
Volume Name: v1
Type: Distribute
Volume ID: 6402b139-2957-4d62-810b-b70e6f9ba922
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 2
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: s5n9.testing.lan:/data/v1
Brick2: s6n11.testing.lan:/data/v1
[root at s5n9 ~]# ls -l /data/v1 | wc -l
160
[root at s5n10 ~]# ls -l /data/v1 | wc -l
142
[root at s6n11 ~]# ls -l /data/v1 | wc -l
160
[root at s5n9 ~]# ls /data/v1
file10 file110 file131 file144 file156 file173 file19 file206
file224 file238 file250 file264 file279 file291 file31 file44
file62 file86
file100 file114 file132 file146 file159 file174 file192 file209
file225 file24 file252 file265 file28 file292 file32 file46
file63 file87
file101 file116 file134 file147 file16 file18 file196 file210
file228 file240 file254 file266 file281 file293 file37 file47
file66 file9
file102 file12 file135 file148 file161 file181 file198 file212
file229 file241 file255 file267 file284 file294 file38 file48
file69 file91
file103 file121 file136 file149 file165 file183 file200 file215
file231 file243 file256 file268 file285 file295 file4 file50
file7 file93
file104 file122 file137 file150 file17 file184 file201 file216
file233 file245 file258 file271 file286 file296 file40 file53
file71 file97
file105 file124 file138 file152 file170 file186 file202 file218
file234 file246 file261 file273 file287 file297 file41 file54
file73
file107 file125 file140 file153 file171 file188 file203 file220
file236 file248 file262 file275 file288 file298 file42 file55
file75
file11 file13 file141 file154 file172 file189 file204 file222
file237 file25 file263 file278 file290 file3 file43 file58
file80
[root at s6n11 ~]# ls /data/v1
file10 file110 file131 file144 file156 file173 file19 file206
file224 file238 file250 file264 file279 file291 file31 file44
file62 file86
file100 file114 file132 file146 file159 file174 file192 file209
file225 file24 file252 file265 file28 file292 file32 file46
file63 file87
file101 file116 file134 file147 file16 file18 file196 file210
file228 file240 file254 file266 file281 file293 file37 file47
file66 file9
file102 file12 file135 file148 file161 file181 file198 file212
file229 file241 file255 file267 file284 file294 file38 file48
file69 file91
file103 file121 file136 file149 file165 file183 file200 file215
file231 file243 file256 file268 file285 file295 file4 file50
file7 file93
file104 file122 file137 file150 file17 file184 file201 file216
file233 file245 file258 file271 file286 file296 file40 file53
file71 file97
file105 file124 file138 file152 file170 file186 file202 file218
file234 file246 file261 file273 file287 file297 file41 file54
file73
file107 file125 file140 file153 file171 file188 file203 file220
file236 file248 file262 file275 file288 file298 file42 file55
file75
file11 file13 file141 file154 file172 file189 file204 file222
file237 file25 file263 file278 file290 file3 file43 file58
file80
******* An ls of the mountpoint after this whole process only shows
159 files - the ones that are on s5n9. So everything that was on s5n10
is gone!! ****
