Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Hi Niko, May i know your drbd version? I've tried this before on 8.2.5 and it can't be done. When i force drbd to be a primary, the error message appear said that at least need 2 node to make it done. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:31 AM, N.J. van der Horn (Nico) <nico at vanderhorn.nl> wrote: > Hi Paul ! > > Yes, that is perfectly possible, i did that several times. > Just build the first node and use it as primary. > There is no obstacle to use it and work with it until the loving > brother/sister comes in sight. ;-) > When you later add the second one, you start the initial sync, then start > heartbeat also there. > Ok, this is a short answer.... > > Greets, Nico > > Paul McEnery schreef: > > > > > > > > > Hi All. > > > > Is it possible to initialise drbd on only one node, with a view to adding > a second node at a later date (once it has been purchased)? > > > > I have a single server which needs to be setup as a storage server > presenting iSCSI luns to a number of other systems. The idea is that if the > system works successfully, a second redundant storage server will be > purchased which will mirror the primary (drbd + heartbeat). I am trying to > set the primary up so that I can simply activate the secondary node once it > has been purchased, without the need to rebuild from scratch. The only > analogy I can think of is; this is similar to building a RAID 1 mirror on a > single disk, specifying the second disk as "missing", as mdadm allows you to > do. Once you purchase a second disk, you can simply copy the partition table > and use mdadm to bring the disk into the array. Essentially, I would like to > do the same with drbd, where the second node is not available from the > outset, and may not be available for a few months. > > > > Does anyone know if this is possible with drbd? If not, I am starting to > think along the lines of using a qemu secondary node during initial setup, > which is later discarded. Can anyone think of an easier way for me to get a > single node to become primary having never communicated with the secondary? > > > > TIA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > drbd-user mailing list > > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > > > > > > -- > Behandeld door / Handled by: N.J. van der Horn (Nico) > --- > ICT Support Vanderhorn IT-works, www.vanderhorn.nl, > Voorstraat 55, 3135 HW Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, > Tel +31 10 2486060, Fax +31 10 2486061 > > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > -- Best Regards, David Hansel