[ovirt-users] I’m having trouble deleting a test gluster volume

Wed Apr 12 06:02:12 UTC 2017

On 04/12/2017 01:45 AM, Precht, Andrew wrote:
> Here is an update…
>
> I checked the /var/log/glusterfs/etc-glusterfs-glusterd.vol.log on the 
> node that had the trouble volume (test1). I didn’t see any errors. So, 
> I ran a tail -f on the log as I tried to remove the volume using the 
> web UI. here is what was appended:
>
> [2017-04-11 19:48:40.756360] I [MSGID: 106487] 
> [glusterd-handler.c:1474:__glusterd_handle_cli_list_friends] 
> 0-glusterd: Received cli list req
> [2017-04-11 19:48:42.238840] I [MSGID: 106488] 
> [glusterd-handler.c:1537:__glusterd_handle_cli_get_volume] 
> 0-management: Received get vol req
> The message "I [MSGID: 106487] 
> [glusterd-handler.c:1474:__glusterd_handle_cli_list_friends] 
> 0-glusterd: Received cli list req" repeated 6 times between 
> [2017-04-11 19:48:40.756360] and [2017-04-11 19:49:32.596536]
> The message "I [MSGID: 106488] 
> [glusterd-handler.c:1537:__glusterd_handle_cli_get_volume] 
> 0-management: Received get vol req" repeated 20 times between 
> [2017-04-11 19:48:42.238840] and [2017-04-11 19:49:34.082179]
> [2017-04-11 19:51:41.556077] I [MSGID: 106487] 
> [glusterd-handler.c:1474:__glusterd_handle_cli_list_friends] 
> 0-glusterd: Received cli list req
>
> I’m seeing that the timestamps on these log entries do not match the 
> time on the node.
gluster logs are in UTC format. That is the reason you might be seeing a 
different timestamp on your node and in the gluster logs.
>
> The next steps
> I stopped the glusterd service on the node with volume test1
> I deleted it with:  rm -rf /var/lib/glusterd/vols/test1
> I started the glusterd service.
>
> After starting the gluster service back up, the directory 
> /var/lib/glusterd/vols/test1 reappears.
> I’m guessing syncing with the other nodes?
yes, since you deleted it only one one node.
> Is this because I have the Volume Option: auth allow *
> Do I need to remove the directory /var/lib/glusterd/vols/test1 on all 
> nodes in the cluster individually?
you need to remove the file /var/lib/glusterd/vols/test1 on all nodes 
and restart glusterd service on all the nodes in the cluster.
>
> thanks
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* knarra <knarra at redhat.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 11, 2017 11:51:18 AM
> *To:* Precht, Andrew; Sandro Bonazzola; Sahina Bose; Tal Nisan; Allon 
> Mureinik; Nir Soffer
> *Cc:* users
> *Subject:* Re: [ovirt-users] I’m having trouble deleting a test 
> gluster volume
> On 04/11/2017 11:28 PM, Precht, Andrew wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> The node is oVirt Node 4.1.1 with glusterfs-3.8.10-1.el7.
>> On the node I can not find /var/log/glusterfs/glusterd.log However, 
>> there is a /var/log/glusterfs/glustershd.log
> can you check if /var/log/glusterfs/etc-glusterfs-glusterd.vol.log 
> exists? if yes, can you check if there is any error present in that file ?
>>
>> What happens if I follow the four steps outlined here to remove the 
>> volume from the node _BUT_, I do have another volume present in the 
>> cluster. It too is a test volume. Neither one has any data on them. 
>> So, data loss is not an issue.
> Running those four steps will remove the volume from your cluster . If 
> the volumes what you have are test volumes you could just follow the 
> steps outlined to delete them (since you are not able to delete from 
> UI) and bring back the cluster into a normal state.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* knarra <knarra at redhat.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 11, 2017 10:32:27 AM
>> *To:* Sandro Bonazzola; Precht, Andrew; Sahina Bose; Tal Nisan; Allon 
>> Mureinik; Nir Soffer
>> *Cc:* users
>> *Subject:* Re: [ovirt-users] I’m having trouble deleting a test 
>> gluster volume
>> On 04/11/2017 10:44 PM, Sandro Bonazzola wrote:
>>> Adding some people
>>>
>>> Il 11/Apr/2017 19:06, "Precht, Andrew" <Andrew.Precht at sjlibrary.org 
>>> <mailto:Andrew.Precht at sjlibrary.org>> ha scritto:
>>>
>>>     Hi Ovirt users,
>>>     I’m a newbie to oVirt and I’m having trouble deleting a test
>>>     gluster volume. The nodes are 4.1.1 and the engine is 4.1.0
>>>
>>>     When I try to remove the test volume, I click Remove, the dialog
>>>     box prompting to confirm the deletion pops up and after I click
>>>     OK, the dialog box changes to show a little spinning wheel and
>>>     then it disappears. In the end the volume is still there.
>>>
>> with the latest version of glusterfs & ovirt we do not see any issue 
>> with deleting a volume. Can you please check 
>> /var/log/glusterfs/glusterd.log file if there is any error present?
>>
>>
>>>     The test volume was distributed with two host members. One of
>>>     the hosts I was able to remove from the volume by removing the
>>>     host form the cluster. When I try to remove the remaining host
>>>     in the volume, even with the “Force Remove” box ticked, I get
>>>     this response: Cannot remove Host. Server having Gluster volume.
>>>
>>>     What to try next?
>>>
>> since you have already removed the volume from one host in the 
>> cluster and you still see it on another host you can do the following 
>> to remove the volume from another host.
>>
>> 1) Login to the host where the volume is present.
>> 2) cd to /var/lib/glusterd/vols
>> 3) rm -rf <vol_name>
>> 4) Restart glusterd on that  host.
>>
>> And before doing the above make sure that you do not have any other 
>> volume present in the cluster.
>>
>> Above steps should not be run on a production system as you might 
>> loose the volume and data.
>>
>> Now removing the host from UI should succed.
>>
>>>
>>>     P.S. I’ve tried to join this user group several times in the
>>>     past, with no response.
>>>     Is it possible for me to join this group?
>>>
>>>     Regards,
>>>     Andrew
>>>
>>>
>>>
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