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NAME
drbdsetup - Setup tool for DRBD
SYNOPSIS
drbdsetup device disk lower_dev meta_data_dev meta_data_index [ -d size
] [ -e err_handler ]
drbdsetup device net local_addr [ :port ] remote_addr [ :port ]
protocol [ -c time ] [ -i time ] [ -t val ] [ -S size ] [ -k count ] [
-d discon_handler ]
drbdsetup device syncer [ -k ] [ -g group ] [ -r rate ] [ -e extents ]
drbdsetup device disconnect
drbdsetup device detach
drbdsetup device down
drbdsetup device primary [ -h ] [ -t ] [ -d ]
drbdsetup device secondary
drbdsetup device on_primary [ -h ] [ -t ]
drbdsetup device invalidate
drbdsetup device invalidate_remote
drbdsetup device wait_connect [ -t wfc_timeout ] [ -d degr_wfc_timeout
]
drbdsetup device wait_sync [ -t wfc_timeout ] [ -d degr_wfc_timeout ]
drbdsetup device state
drbdsetup device cstate
drbdsetup device resize [ -d size ]
drbdsetup device show
DESCRIPTION
drbdsetup is used to associate DRBD devices with their lower level
block devices, to set up DRBD device pairs to mirror their lower level
block devices, and to inspect the configuration of running DRBD
devices.
NOTE
drbdsetup is a low level tool of the DRBD program suite. It is used by
the datadisk and drbd scripts to communicate with the device driver.
COMMANDS
Each drbdsetup sub-command might require arguments and bring its own
set of options. All values have default units which might be overruled
by K, M or G. These units are defined in the usual way (e.g. K = 2^10 =
1024).
DISK
Associates device with lower_device to store its data blocks on. The
-d (or --disk-size) should only be used if you wish not to use as much
as possible from the backing block devices. If you do not use -d the
device is only ready for use as soon as it was connected to its peer
once. (See the net command.)
-d, --disk-size size
You can override DRBD’s size determination method with this
option. If you need to use the device before it was ever
connected to its peer, use this option to pass the size of the
DRBD device to the driver. Default unit is KB (1 KB = 1024
bytes).
-e, --on-io-error err_handler
If the driver of the lower_device reports an error to DRBD, DRBD
will either pass the error to the upper layers of the operating
system, panic the machine, or detaches the device from its
backing storage and perform all futher IO by requesting it from
the peer. The valid err_handler are: pass_on, panic and detach.
NET
Sets up the device to listen on local_addr:port for incoming
connections and to try to connect to remote_addr:port. If port is
omitted, 7788 is used as default.
On the TCP/IP link the specified protocol is used. Valid protocol
specifiers are A, B, and C.
Protocol A: write IO is reported as completed, if it has reached local
disk and local TCP send buffer.
Protocol B: write IO is reported as completed, if it has reached local
disk and remote buffer cache.
Protocol C: write IO is reported as completed, if it has reached both
local and remote disk.
-c, --connect-int time
In case it is not possible to connect to the remote DRBD device
immediately, DRBD keeps on trying to connect. With this option
you can set the time between two tries. The default value is 10
seconds, the unit is 1 second.
-i, --ping-int time
If the TCP/IP connection linking a DRBD device pair is idle for
more than time seconds, DRBD will generate a keep-alive packet
to check if its partner is still alive. The default is 10
seconds, the unit is 1 second.
-t, --timeout val
If the partner node fails to send an expected response packet
within val 10ths of a second, the partner node is considered
dead and therefore the TCP/IP connection is abandoned. The
default value is 60 = 6 seconds.
-S, --sndbuf-size size
The socket send buffer is used to store packets sent to the
secondary node, which are not yet acknowledged (from a network
point of view) by the secondary node. When using protocol A, it
might be necessary to increase the size of this data structure
in order to increase asynchronism between primary and secondary
nodes. But keep in mind that more asynchronism is synonymous
with more data loss in the case of a primary node failure. The
default size is 128 KB. Default unit is KB.
-k, --ko-count count
In case the secondary node fails to complete a single write
request for count times the timeout, it is expelled from the
cluster. (I.e. the primary node goes into StandAlone mode.) The
default is 0, which disables this feature.
-e, --max-epoch-size val
With this option the maximal number of write requests between
two barriers is limited. Should be set to the same as --max-
buffers . Values smaller then 100 can lead to degraded
performace. The default is 2048.
-b, --max-buffers val
With this option the maximal number of buffer pages allocated by
DRBD’s receiver thread is limited. Should be set to the same as
--max-epoch-size . Small values could lead to degraded
performace. (Minimum 32) The default is 2048.
-u, --unplug-watermark val
When the number of pending write requests on the standby
(secondary) node exceeds the unplug-watermark, we trigger the
request processing of our backing storage device. Some storage
controllers deliver better performance with small values, other
deliver best performance when it is set to the same value as
max-buffers. Minimum 16, default 128, maximum 131072.
-d, --on-disconnect discon_handler
When the connection to the peer is lost, DRBD can either go into
stand alone mode, try to reconnect to the peer, or try to
reconnect and freeze application IO while not not connected.
The keywords are: stand_alone, reconnect or freeze_io The
default handler is reconnect.
SYNCER
Changes the synchronization daemon parameters of device at runtime.
Not mentioned parameters will not be changed.
-r, --rate rate
To ensure smooth operation of the application on top of DRBD, it
is possible to limit the bandwidth which may be used by
background synchronizations. The default is 250 KB/sec, the
default unit is KB/sec. Note that this is byte (octet) per
second, not bit. We are storage guys.
-k, --skip-sync
This option suppresses the automatic start of the
resynchronization process, which is triggered as soon as two
DRBD devices are connected.
-g, --sync-group group
Resynchronization of all devices in one group runs parallel.
Groups are serialized in ascending order. You should avoid that
devices which lower devices share one and the same physical disk
sync in parallel. The default group is 0. I.e. per default all
devices sync parallel.
-e, --al-extents extents
DRBD automatically performs hot area detection. With this
parameter you control how big the hot area (=active set) can
get. Each extent marks 4M of the backing storage. In case a
primary node leaves the cluster unexpectedly the areas covered
by the active set must be resynced upon rejoin of the failed
node. The data structure is stored in the meta-data area,
therefore each change of the active set is a write operation to
the meta-data device. A higher number of extents gives longer
resync times but less updates to the meta-data. The default
number of extents is 127. (Minimum: 7, Maximum: 3833)
PRIMARY
Sets the device into primary state, this means that applications (e.g.
a file system) may open the device for read and write access. Data
written to the device in primary state is mirrored to the device in
secondary state.
It is not possible to set both devices of a connected DRBD device pair
to primary state.
-h, --human
Indicates that this state change was issued by an administrator
and has at cluster restart time precedence over decisions made
by other parties.
-t, --timeout-expired
Indicates that this state change was caused because a node did
not showed up on cluster startup (The cluster started in
degraded mode). At cluster restart this has precedence over
decisions made by the cluster manager.
-d, --do-what-I-say
Becoming primary fails if the local replica is inconsistent. By
using this option you can force it into primary state anyway.
USE THIS OPTION ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
SECONDARY
Sets the device into secondary state. This operation fails as long as
at least one application (or file system) has the device open for write
access.
It is however, possible that both devices of a connected DRBD device
pair are in secondary state.
ON_PRIMARY
This sets additional flags for the next transition into primary state.
The flags are only preserved as long as the device can not connect to
its peer. The possible flags are --inc-human and --inc-timeout-
expired.
This is a conevenience command. It has the same effect as passing this
options to the following primary command directly. See the primary
command for a detailed description of the two flags.
INVALIDATE
This forces the local device of a pair of connected DRBD devices into
SyncTarget state, which means that all data blocks of the device are
copied over from the peer.
This command will fail if the device is not part of a connected device
pair.
INVALIDATE_REMOTE
This forces the local device of a pair of connected DRBD devices into
SyncSource state, which means that all data blocks of the device are
copied to the peer.
WAIT_CONNECT
Returns as soon as the device can communicate with its partner device.
-t, --wfc-timeout wfc_timeout
-d, --degr-wfc-timeout degr_wfc_timeout
This command will fail if the device can not communicate with
its partner for timeout seconds. If the peer was working before
this node got rebootet, the wfc_timeout is used. If the peer was
already down before this node got rebooted, the degr_wfc_timeout
is used. The default value for wfc_timeout is 0 which means to
wait forever. The default for degr_wfc_timeout is 120 seconds.
WAIT_SYNC
Returns as soon as the device leaves any synchronization state and
returns into connected state. The options are the same as with the
wait_connect command.
DISCONNECT
Removes the information set by the net command from the device. This
means that the device goes into unconnected state and that it will no
longer listen for incoming connections.
DETACH
Removes the information set by the disk command from the device. This
means that the device is detached from its backing storage device.
DOWN
Removes all configuration information from the device and forces it
back to unconfigured state.
STATE
Shows the current states of the device and its peer. (local/peer).
CSTATE
Shows the current connection states of the device.
RESIZE
This causes DRBD to reexamine the size of the device’s backing storage
device. To actually do online growing you need to extend the backing
storages on both devices and call the resize command on both nodes.
SHOW
Shows all available configuration information of the device.
EXAMPLES
For examples please have a look at the DRBD Quickstart Guide
<URL:http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/QuickStart07>.
VERSION
This document is correct for version 0.7.20 of the DRBD distribution.
AUTHOR
Written by Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <drbd-user@lists.linbit.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Philipp Reisner. This is free software; see
the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
drbd.conf(5), drbd(8), drbddisk(8) drbdadm(8) DRBD Homepage
<URL:http://www.drbd.org/>
10 October 2007 DRBDSETUP(8)