How to add a new brick to an existing replicated volume?
Issue
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Adding a brick fails:
# gluster vol add-brick test-volume-replicated3 host:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3 volume add-brick: failed: Incorrect number of bricks supplied 1 with count 2
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Creating a 3-copy replica works:
# gluster vol create test-volume-replicated3 replica 3 host1:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3 host2:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3 host3:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3 volume create: test-volume-replicated3: success: please start the volume to access data # gluster vol info test-volume-replicated3 Volume Name: test-volume-replicated3 Type: Replicate Volume ID: 10b3d0e2-14a2-4ec3-a98c-9a3307f3fd8f Status: Created Number of Bricks: 1 x 3 = 3 Transport-type: tcp Bricks: Brick1: host1:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3 Brick2: host2:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3 Brick3: host3:/rhss/bricks/brick1/test-volume-replicated3
Environment
- Red Hat Storage Server - 2.1
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