[DRBD-user] drbd 8.3.12 not writing meta data

Dirk dirk.schulz at kinzesberg.de
Thu Jun 7 11:30:26 CEST 2012

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Am 06.06.12 21:59, schrieb Florian Haas:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Dirk<dirk.schulz at kinzesberg.de>  wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> on a freshly installed server pair I am activating 3 drbd volumes each.
>> The first two go without problem, the third returns
>>> [root at server-01 ~]# drbdadm create-md RESOURCE
>>> Writing meta data...
>>> initializing activity log
>>> NOT initialized bitmap
>>> New drbd meta data block successfully created.
>>> success
>>> Command 'drbdmeta 2 v08 /dev/sda7 internal write-dev-uuid
>>> B8B8EDD2900264FC' terminated with exit code 255
>> The weird things about that are:
>> - /dev/sda7 is a freshly created partition with nothing on it
>> - this happens on both servers with exactly this partition
>>
>> Even disabling sanity-checks does not really work:
>>> [root at server-01 ~]# drbdmeta --ignore-sanity-checks 2 v08 /dev/sda7
>>> internal write-dev-uuid B8B8EDD2900264FC
>>> [root at server-01 ~]# drbdadm attach RESOURCE
>>> 2: Failure: (119) No valid meta-data signature found.
>>>
>>>     ==>  Use 'drbdadm create-md res' to initialize meta-data area.<==
>> I am stuck. I do not google many hits with the above exit code and find
>> nothing in the docs about it - any hint or help is appreciated.
> Whoa. Tried upgrading to 8.3.13, by any chance? Does that make a difference?
No, not yet, but I will. Thanks for the hint, did not realize the update.

Dirk



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