Gluster users - Apr 2014 - New volume with existing glusterfs data?

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to migrate an existing glusterfs volume from a KVM
client to the KVM host.
The data on the disks was written and used by glusterfs previously, so I
guess it should be possible to just use it as-is.
Unfortunately I can't find any documentation on how to "re-create"
that
volume using that data - somewhat like "importing" it?

If anyone could point me into the right direction, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks in advance,
Pb

Hi all,

Quoting "Peter B." <pb at
das-werkstatt.com>:
> I'm looking for a way to migrate an existing glusterfs volume from a
KVM
> client to the KVM host.
> The data on the disks was written and used by glusterfs previously, so I
> guess it should be possible to just use it as-is.
I've found a solution!

I've first stopped/deleted the volume. Then I followed the  
instructions on Joe Julian's Blog entry [1], for wiping some gluster  
metadata.
Afterwards, I just created the volume on the KVM host normally (as if  
it was brand-new), pointing at the existing data folders.

Worked fine.


Regards,
Pb



== References:
[1]  
http://joejulian.name/blog/glusterfs-path-or-a-prefix-of-it-is-already-part-of-a-volume/