So it does turn out that I have some issue with gluster. I was fooled by seeing that the
wizard does create the top-level directory and the ids file, but if I try to create a file
from command line I get an error. I don't have an issue from other servers, so
it's not a problem with the gluster storage.
Nice catch Strahil, you pointed me in the right direction.
In the latest update, which I did Friday (not part of my initial ovirt update), it
upgraded gluster from 7 to 8. What happens if I roll these back. Is gluster 8 really
necessary at this point ? I have some legacy systems that use that gluster storage and
I'm afraid of breaking them.