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4.2. glustervolume

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The glustervolume resource type groups all Red Hat Storage storage volume resources in the Red Hat Storage Console Application.
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Table 4.3. 
Name Type Description Required User Creatable User Updatable
--name string The name of the Red Hat Storage volume. Yes Yes No
--replica_count int Defines the file replication count for a replicated volume. No Yes No
--stripe_count int Defines the stripe count for a striped volume. No Yes No
--transport_types collection A reference to available transport methods for the Red Hat Storage volume. See below for collection details. No Yes No
--options-option collection A reference to options for the Red Hat Storage volume. See below for collection details No Yes No
--bricks-brick collection A new Red Hat Storage volume requires a set of Red Hat Storage bricks to add and manage. This parameter references a collection of brick details. Specify at least one brick but list multiple bricks-brick parameters for multiple bricks. See below for collection details. Yes Yes No
--volume_type string Defines the Red Hat Storage volume type. Choose from DISTRIBUTE, REPLICATE, DISTRIBUTED_REPLICATE, STRIPE or DISTRIBUTED_STRIPE. Yes Yes No
The --bricks-brick parameter is a collection that uses the sub-parameters in the following table.
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Table 4.4. bricks-brick parameters
Name Type Description
brick.server_id string The address of the Red Hat Storage server.
brick.brick_dir string The brick's directory on the Red Hat Storage server.
The --transport_types parameter is a collection that uses the sub-parameters in the following table.
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Table 4.5. transport_types parameters
Name Type Description
transport_type string Defines a transport type to use. Specify multiple transport_type parameters for more than one type. Choose from TCP and RDMA.
The --options-option parameter is a collection that uses the sub-parameters in the following table.
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Table 4.6. options-option parameters
Name Type Desciption
option.name string The Red Hat Storage option name.
option.value string The Red Hat Storage option value.
The following table lists additional glustervolume options for resource-based commands.
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Table 4.7. Additional command options
Option Description
--cluster-identifier Adds the Red Hat Storage volume to a cluster as a sub-resource.

Example 4.3.  Creating a Red Hat Storage volume with two bricks

[RHSC shell (connected)]# add glustervolume --cluster-identifier Default --name GlusterVol1 --volume-type DISTRIBUTE --bricks-brick "brick.server_id=UUID;brick.brick_dir=filepath"--bricks-brick "brick.server_id=UUID;brick.brick_dir=filepath"

Example 4.4. Deleting a Red Hat Storage volume

[RHSC shell (connected)]# remove glustervolume Vol1 --cluster-identifier Cluster_bigbend
The following table lists actions for a Red Hat Storage volume resource.
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Table 4.8. Red Hat Storage volume actions
Action Description
start Makes a Red Hat Storage volume available for use.
stop Deactivates a Red Hat Storage volume.
setOption Sets a Red Hat Storage volume option.
resetOption Resets a Red Hat Storage volume option to the default.
resetAllOptions Resets all Red Hat Storage volume options to defaults.
rebalance moves the data across the brick upon shrinking or expanding a volume.
stopRebalance Stops the currently executing rebalance process.
migrate Pertains to starting a remove-brick operation.
stopMigrate Pertains to stopping a remove-brick operation.
activate Pertains to committing the data migration operation.
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