Thats correct. The problem was with my perception of how it suppose to work
versus the actual behavior. Truck based replication worked perfectly for me.
After initial UpToDate/UpToDate message I untared the my directory structure on
drbd mounted device and monitored dw (disk write) status from which I was able
to see disk writes happening. Before this I was hoping to see
UpToDate/Inconsistent(or Outdated) ds message, but that was just my perception.
Thanks a lot for help.
Regards,
Jay
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:17:22 +0100
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] Truck replication
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 07:41:16PM +0000, jay b wrote:
> >
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I am stuck with truck based replication. I have the following setup:
> >
> > node1 (primary):
> > /dev/sda7 [4TB]
> > /dev/drbd1
> > I have also created filesystem ext3 on drbd1
> >
> > node2:
> > <same configuration as above, but there is NO filesystem>
> >
> > I am basically trying to avoid the initial sync time (if possible).
> > So, now node1 is primary and if I follow steps written on this page
> > http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-using-truck-based-replication.html
> > I can get both servers to display uptodate/uptodate state.
> >
> > But, when I mount /dev/drbd1 to /mnt/drbd (on node1 which is primary),
> > and copy files to /mnt/drbd, I do not see Uptodate/Inconsistent
> > message (via cat /proc/drbd on node1)
>
> Why would you expect node2 to become "Inconsistent"
> during normal operation?
>
> > At this point I would assume that node2 should get some data and try
> > to sync with primary. Am I missing any steps?
>
> When you _connect_ the second node,
> it will do some (bitmap based) resync.
>
> Once connected, and "Connected Uptodate",
> it will do _online replication_.
>
> If there is problem, I don't see it?
> Either you or me or DRBD misunderstood something, I guess.
>
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