Thanks that worked, I only needed to edit in the hosts name in its own hosts file and it worked fine with the one volume. On 17/08/2015 12:18, "Kaushal M" <kshlmster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hey Mark, > >Does the address `mybox` resolve on you system? Gluster requires a >resolvable hostname to be used for bricks. If is doesn't resolve add >an entry to your /etc/hosts. for eg. '127.0.0.1 mybox'. This allows >the name to be resolved and gluster will allow you to create the >volume. You will now be able to create your single brick volume using >`gluster volume create <volume-name> mybox:/<brick-path>` > >If later you want to expand you cluster, you should make sure that the >name `mybox` is resolvable from all other nodes to point to your first >system. > >~kaushal > >On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Mark s2c <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello >> Thanks for the suggestions, but they don¹t work: >> >> [root@mybox ~]# gluster volume create myVol1 /gfs/mybox/brick1 >> Wrong brick type: /gfs/mybox/brick1, use >><HOSTNAME>:<export-dir-abs-path> >> Usage: volume create <NEW-VOLNAME> [stripe <COUNT>] [replica <COUNT> >> [arbiter <COUNT>]] [disperse [<COUNT>]] [disperse-data <COUNT>] >>[redundancy >> <COUNT>] [transport <tcp|rdma|tcp,rdma>] <NEW-BRICK>?<vg_name>... >>[force] >> >> [root@mybox ~]# gluster volume create myvol localhost:/gfs/mybox/brick1 >> Please provide a valid hostname/ip other than localhost, 127.0.0.1 or >> loopback address (0.0.0.0 to 0.255.255.255). >> >> And as a recap, when I follow this form (which I did at first, hence the >> post): >> [root@mybox ~]# gluster volume create myvol1 mybox:/gfs/mybox/brick1 >> volume create: myvol1: failed: Host mybox is not in 'Peer in Cluster¹ >>state >> >> Any other alternative suggestions would be useful. >> Thanks >> >> >> From: Jordan Willis <jwillis0720@xxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Saturday, 15 August 2015 11:02 >> To: Mark Lewis <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Atin Mukherjee <atin.mukherjee83@xxxxxxxxx>, >>"Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx" >> <Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Subject: Re: One volume gluster vol >> >> If you are creating a volume that your brick is already mounted on, I¹m >>not >> even sure you have to give it a hostname. >> >> gluster volume create myVol1 /gfs/mybox/brick1 >> >> >> or >> >> gluster volume create myVol1 localhost:/gfs/mybox/brick1 >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 15, 2015, at 2:37 AM, Mark s2c <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> [root@mybox ~]# df -h >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> /dev/mapper/centos-root 50G 1.3G 49G 3% / >> devtmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev >> tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev/shm >> tmpfs 7.8G 8.7M 7.8G 1% /run >> tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup >> /dev/sda1 497M 164M 334M 33% /boot >> /dev/mapper/centos-home 166G 33M 166G 1% /home >> /dev/mapper/brick1 17T 34M 17T 1% /gfs/mybox/brick1 >> [root@mybox ~]# !531 >> gluster volume create myVol1 mybox:/gfs/mybox/brick1 >> volume create: myVol1: failed: Host mybox is not in 'Peer in Cluster¹ >>state >> >> Can you give me the command cos I can only find one instance of it on >>the >> net and it¹s this one. >> >> Much obliged. >> >> From: Atin Mukherjee <atin.mukherjee83@xxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Friday, 14 August 2015 15:17 >> To: Mark Lewis <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: "Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx" <Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: One volume gluster vol >> >> Can you please detail the exact issue. I don't see any issue in setting >>a >> single node cluster apart from sacrificing high availability. >> -Atin >> Sent from one plus one >> On Aug 14, 2015 1:06 PM, "Mark s2c" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello can I create a one volume gfs vol? >>> As I have no peer, I appear to only have local host and even if I >>> reference it with its host name as the error says, it doesn't work. Is >>>it >>> even possible or do I need a second server? >>> >>> We've just bought a big box so a second would be a big outlay. Could I >>>use >>> a VM with disproportionate bricks just to get the peerage set up and >>>then >>> remove one of the members? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gluster-users mailing list >>> Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
