[DRBD-user] Trouble with drbd-0.7.19.

Milind Dumbare milind at linsyssoft.com
Thu Jun 15 09:08:05 CEST 2006

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Got it working. Thanks.

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 15:50 +0100, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 08:12:20PM +0530, Milind Dumbare wrote:
> > So, I will have to do 
> > 	root at dhruva:#drbdadm primary RES1 
> > And then dhruva will be primary ? 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > 
> > Do I need to do 
> > 	root at tucker:#drbdadm secondary RES1 
> > for making tucker partition as secondary?
> 
> No. They both start as secondary, so you don't need this step. Only if
> you're switching from tucker to dhruva:
> tucker$ drdbadm secondary RES1
> ....
> dhruva$ drbdadm primary RES1
> 
> > So for replicating data I will have to write data to /dev/drbd0... and
> > copies will be save susequently to dhruva and tucker?
> Yes.
> 
> > Now next problem is. When I do as follows
> > 
> > =====================
> > [root at dhruva drbd]# drbdadm primary RES1
> > ioctl(,SET_STATE,) failed: Input/output error
> > Local replica is inconsistent (--do-what-I-say ?)
> > Command 'drbdsetup /dev/drbd0 primary' terminated with exit code 21
> 
> Well, you've just created the configuration, but as far as drbd is
> concerned, it doesn't know which side to use as the "original".
> 
> So you have to force one to become primary, as the error shows (option
> --do-what-I-say, but I don't remember if it is accepted by drbdadm or
> only by drbdsetup).
> 
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...Milind
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