After I create the primary /dev/drbd0 with `drbdadm create-md drbd-data`, how the state is inconsistent and it is Secondary<br><br>[root@centos54 ~]# cat /proc/drbd<br>version: 8.3.2 (api:88/proto:86-90)<br>GIT-hash: dd7985327f146f33b86d4bff5ca8c94234ce840e build by mockbuild@v20z-x86-64.home.local, 2009-08-29 14:07:55<br>
0: cs:WFConnection ro:Secondary/Unknown ds:Inconsistent/DUnknown C r----<br> ns:0 nr:0 dw:0 dr:0 al:0 bm:0 lo:0 pe:0 ua:0 ap:0 ep:1 wo:b oos:1835322004<br><br>When I try to make it primary, it fails because no disk is up to date.<br>
<br>[root@node2 ~]# drbdadm primary drbd-data<br>0: State change failed: (-2) Refusing to be Primary without at least one UpToDate disk<br>Command 'drbdsetup 0 primary' terminated with exit code 17<br><br>How do I make it UpToDate and Primary without a Secondary disk up yet?<br>
<br>Chad<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Brian R. Hellman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@linbit.com">brian@linbit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 04/29/2010 08:25 AM, Chad Sine wrote:<br>
> Is it possible to create a DRBD device on the Primary and use it<br>
> without a Secondary? I'd like to partition, and place files on the<br>
> primary before putting the secondary online and then and then<br>
> synchronize the secondary at a later time.<br>
><br>
> Thank You,<br>
><br>
> Chad<br>
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