On 03/22/2016 12:23 PM, ABHISHEK PALIWAL wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Gaurav Garg <ggarg@xxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:ggarg@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > >> I just want to know what is the difference in the following scenario: > > 1. remove-brick without the force option > 2. remove-brick with the force option > > > remove-brick without force option will perform task based on your > option, > for eg. remove-brick start option will start migration of file from > given > remove-brick to other available bricks in the cluster. you can check > status > of this remove-brick task by issuing remove-brick status command. > > But remove-brick with force option will just forcefully remove brick > from the cluster. > It will result in data loss in case of distributed volume, because > it will not migrate file > from given remove-brick to other available bricks in the cluster. In > case of replicate volume > you might not have problem by doing remove-brick force because later > on after adding brick you > can issue heal command and migrate file from first replica set to > this newly added brick.\ > > > so when you are saying the forcefully remove the brick means it will > remove the brick even when > that brick is not available or available but have the different uuid of > peers, without generating any error? As I mentioned earlier it doesn't make sense to differentiate between these two behaviors until the UUID mismatch issue is resolved. > > > Thanks, > > ~Gaurav > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ABHISHEK PALIWAL" <abhishpaliwal@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:abhishpaliwal@xxxxxxxxx>> > To: gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>, > gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 11:35:52 AM > Subject: Impact of force option in remove-brick > > Hi Team, > > I have the following scenario: > > 1. I have one replica 2 volume in which two brick are available. > 2. in such permutation and combination I got the UUID of peers mismatch. > 3. Because of UUID mismatch when I tried to remove brick on the > second board I am getting the Incorrect Brick failure. > > Now, I have the question if I am using the remove-brick command with > the 'force' option it means it should remove the brick in any > situation either the brick is available or its UUID is mismatch. > > I just want to know what is the difference in the following scenario: > > 1. remove-brick without the force option > 2. remove-brick with the force option > > > Regards > Abhishek > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards > Abhishek Paliwal > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
