# DRBD **URL:** https://forums.linbit.com/c/drbd/5.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forums.linbit.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.linbit.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.linbit.com/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [DRBD 9 kernel module for Fedora](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-9-kernel-module-for-fedora/604)
**Author:** [@cwik](https://forums.linbit.com/u/cwik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-9-kernel-module-for-fedora/604 "2025-02-10T12:33:38Z")
I was trying to enable the quorum feature and getting an error “Parse error: ‘an option keyword’ expected, but got ‘quorum’” Turns out the reason is that I’m using Fedora 41, and even though userland packages are DRBD 9… --- ## [Verify consistently fails after rebooting secondary node](https://forums.linbit.com/t/verify-consistently-fails-after-rebooting-secondary-node/579)
**Author:** [@tim](https://forums.linbit.com/u/tim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/verify-consistently-fails-after-rebooting-secondary-node/579 "2025-01-31T22:19:21Z")
(I also sent this to the user list but am copying here since that list is being deprecated) We are observing the following issue with resync after reboot. After rebooting a secondary node (in a 2 or 3 node cluster), th… --- ## [\[drbd\] Changes res conf between 8.2/9](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-changes-res-conf-between-8-2-9/574)
**Author:** [@rasp](https://forums.linbit.com/u/rasp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-changes-res-conf-between-8-2-9/574 "2025-01-31T17:38:24Z")
Hello everyone, I have just taken over an infrastructure with DRBD 9.15 with two nodes and two different raids. I did find the procedure (upgrading DRBD) for upgrading versions, which i intend to do. But i also realiz… --- ## [How to add load-balanced TCP for pacemaker/corosync environment?](https://forums.linbit.com/t/how-to-add-load-balanced-tcp-for-pacemaker-corosync-environment/547)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/how-to-add-load-balanced-tcp-for-pacemaker-corosync-environment/547 "2025-01-10T11:51:47Z")
Load-balanced TCP (load-balance-paths yes) works perfectly as a standalone solution. But how to enable load-balanced TCP for pacemaker/corosync environment ? It doesn’t work if just create /etc/modules-load.d/drbd.conf… --- ## [Configure drbd/rdma for diskful and tcp for diskless nodes](https://forums.linbit.com/t/configure-drbd-rdma-for-diskful-and-tcp-for-diskless-nodes/519)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/configure-drbd-rdma-for-diskful-and-tcp-for-diskless-nodes/519 "2024-12-20T10:14:48Z")
There is 3 node cluster, 2 diskful nodes and 1 diskless as a quorum server. 2 diskful nodes directly connected using Nvidia ConnectX-5 100 gb/s NICs. 3 nodes connected using 1gb/s links. The idea is to use rdma for di… --- ## [Raspberry PI OS (Bookworm): How to install DRDB9 kernel module and packages?](https://forums.linbit.com/t/raspberry-pi-os-bookworm-how-to-install-drdb9-kernel-module-and-packages/448)
**Author:** [@proxmeup](https://forums.linbit.com/u/proxmeup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/raspberry-pi-os-bookworm-how-to-install-drdb9-kernel-module-and-packages/448 "2025-01-12T14:58:58Z")
Hi, maybe my other questions were too much mixed with Proxmox stuff, and that’s the reason why I can’t get any response here. Still I am trying myself, but it seems there is an ultimate hurdle - at least for me. On my… --- ## [Drbdadm adjust ... failed after added "load-balance-paths yes;"](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbdadm-adjust-failed-after-added-load-balance-paths-yes/542)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbdadm-adjust-failed-after-added-load-balance-paths-yes/542 "2025-01-09T17:55:50Z")
Hi According to the link Load Balanced Replication with DRBD - LINBIT After adding “load-balance-paths yes;” to the .res file, command “drbdadm adjust all” returns next - \[root@memverge drbd.d\]# drbdadm adjust a… --- ## [Remove old drbd setup](https://forums.linbit.com/t/remove-old-drbd-setup/539)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/remove-old-drbd-setup/539 "2025-01-06T16:23:36Z")
Hi all I’m re-setting up drbd from scratch on Rocky 9.5/drbd 9.2.12 \[root@memverge ~\]# drbdadm create-md ha-nfs You want me to create a v09 style flexible-size internal meta data block. There appears to be a v09 flex… --- ## [Is RDMA possible with a TCP TieBreaker?](https://forums.linbit.com/t/is-rdma-possible-with-a-tcp-tiebreaker/507)
**Author:** [@mtisza](https://forums.linbit.com/u/mtisza)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/is-rdma-possible-with-a-tcp-tiebreaker/507 "2024-12-17T20:58:50Z")
I’m currently able to use my setup with 2x Proxmox VE nodes, and an RPi5 as the tiebreaker. So far this seams to work. I’m also able to setup RDMA and get DRBD working over RDMA from one PVE node to the other. My ques… --- ## [Adding module drbd\_transport\_lb\_tcp at boot time](https://forums.linbit.com/t/adding-module-drbd-transport-lb-tcp-at-boot-time/477)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/adding-module-drbd-transport-lb-tcp-at-boot-time/477 "2024-12-09T07:52:39Z")
By default pacemaker/corosync at node boot time load two modules - drdbd drbd\_transport\_tcp For failover and multipath balancing, module drbd\_transport\_lb\_tcp required. How to tell pacemaker/corosync load module drbd… --- ## [Error performing "drbdadm create-md ..."](https://forums.linbit.com/t/error-performing-drbdadm-create-md/473)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/error-performing-drbdadm-create-md/473 "2024-12-06T14:42:01Z")
Configuring three node cluster, two diskful nodes plus diskless quorum. drbd config file on three nodes - \[root@memverge drbd.d\]# cat ha-ha\_nfs.res resource ha-ha\_nfs { volume 0 { device minor 1; disk … --- ## [Drbdadm status error](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbdadm-status-error/471)
**Author:** [@lakbaddam](https://forums.linbit.com/u/lakbaddam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbdadm-status-error/471 "2024-12-03T13:00:04Z")
2 node cluster setup with drbd, how to get this corrected \[abc-master ~\]# drbdadm status modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘drbd’: Key was rejected by service Failed to modprobe drbd (No such file or directory) Comma… --- ## [DRBD multipath load balancing and failover test](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-multipath-load-balancing-and-failover-test/456)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-multipath-load-balancing-and-failover-test/456 "2024-11-23T16:00:39Z")
There are two directly connected servers. For the direct connection single dual port Nvidia Connect-X5 NIC used on each server. So there are two DRBD rdma links between servers. While there was sequential write operat… --- ## [Linux Kernel 6.1.0.27 Driver 9.2.11](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linux-kernel-6-1-0-27-driver-9-2-11/419)
**Author:** [@joerg66](https://forums.linbit.com/u/joerg66)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linux-kernel-6-1-0-27-driver-9-2-11/419 "2024-11-29T19:12:17Z")
Ist not possible to build DRBD-Driver 9.2.11 with Kernel 6.1.0.27 In file included from /tmp/drbd\_kernelmodul/drbd-9.2.11/drbd/drbd-headers/linux/genl\_magic\_func.h:292, from /tmp/drbd\_kernelmodul/drbd-9… --- ## [How to speed up initial sync](https://forums.linbit.com/t/how-to-speed-up-initial-sync/447)
**Author:** [@inyoung](https://forums.linbit.com/u/inyoung)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/how-to-speed-up-initial-sync/447 "2024-11-20T05:39:56Z")
OS : Windows 10 WinDRBD Version : 1.1.7 After configuring WinDRBD on one node, I want to connect to the remaining node after inserting the data into the Primary node. We conducted a test using a 1Gbp network in 10G si… --- ## [Compile drbd-dkms with Kernel 6.11](https://forums.linbit.com/t/compile-drbd-dkms-with-kernel-6-11/439)
**Author:** [@marcellinus77](https://forums.linbit.com/u/marcellinus77)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/compile-drbd-dkms-with-kernel-6-11/439 "2024-11-18T15:32:50Z")
Hi I have proxmox 8 with Kernel 6.11 and it fails to install drbd-dkms Here is what I did: wget -O /tmp/linbit-keyring.deb https://packages.linbit.com/public/linbit-keyring.deb dpkg -i /tmp/linbit-keyring.deb PVERS=8 &… --- ## [Block client writes if not possible perform sync replication](https://forums.linbit.com/t/block-client-writes-if-not-possible-perform-sync-replication/416)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/block-client-writes-if-not-possible-perform-sync-replication/416 "2024-11-12T17:03:50Z")
Hello, Is it possible to temporarily block NFS client writes if DRBD can’t perform sync replication for NFS server to secondary node ?, for instance, if primary node is rebooting ? --- ## [Cannot recover drdb volume - drbdadm primary --force doesn't work](https://forums.linbit.com/t/cannot-recover-drdb-volume-drbdadm-primary-force-doesnt-work/350)
**Author:** [@dniasoff](https://forums.linbit.com/u/dniasoff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/cannot-recover-drdb-volume-drbdadm-primary-force-doesnt-work/350 "2024-10-17T18:12:56Z")
I have a drbd volume which won’t come up after a reboot I am trying to tell drbd to select the volume on 1 of the nodes as the “source of truth” but I am unable to. root@node02.cloud10:~# drbdadm primary --force vol… --- ## [Im Configuring the DRBD cloneset with ubuntu 2404](https://forums.linbit.com/t/im-configuring-the-drbd-cloneset-with-ubuntu-2404/336)
**Author:** [@Haldekar12](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Haldekar12)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/im-configuring-the-drbd-cloneset-with-ubuntu-2404/336 "2024-10-03T16:18:30Z")
Please use code blocks to enclose commands, command output, configuration files, log messages, or other CLI content. \[root@pcmk-1 ~\]# pcs -f drbd\_cfg resource create WebData ocf:linbit:drbd drbd\_resource=wwwdata op mo… --- ## [File corruption with NFS HA Cluster](https://forums.linbit.com/t/file-corruption-with-nfs-ha-cluster/192)
**Author:** [@Argadonis](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Argadonis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/file-corruption-with-nfs-ha-cluster/192 "2024-09-30T15:40:16Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve created a test environment with 3 nodes based on AlmaLinux 9 and followed the how-to guide “NFS High Availability Clustering Using DRBD and Pacemaker on RHEL 9”. And I have a NFS share visible on th… --- ## [DRBD in an active/passive & STONITH](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-in-an-active-passive-stonith/303)
**Author:** [@dean](https://forums.linbit.com/u/dean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-in-an-active-passive-stonith/303 "2024-09-13T14:16:47Z")
When setting up DRBD in an active/passive configuration with XFS as the file system, is it necessary to configure STONITH (Shoot The Other Node In The Head)? Is there is much benefit? Or its not required. --- ## [Question about 2.15. Disk Error Handling Strategies (from the User Guide)](https://forums.linbit.com/t/question-about-2-15-disk-error-handling-strategies-from-the-user-guide/201)
**Author:** [@forbin](https://forums.linbit.com/u/forbin)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/question-about-2-15-disk-error-handling-strategies-from-the-user-guide/201 "2024-09-11T14:04:17Z")
We are trying to decide if the default strategy (mask the error and detach from the disk) is the best approach for our use case. We’re considering creating a RAID-Z on top of DRBD. If we allow DRBD to pass I/O errors upw… --- ## [LVM on DRBD How to extend disk](https://forums.linbit.com/t/lvm-on-drbd-how-to-extend-disk/291)
**Author:** [@SylvainM](https://forums.linbit.com/u/SylvainM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/lvm-on-drbd-how-to-extend-disk/291 "2024-09-11T13:51:48Z")
Hello evry one! We use cluster corosync/NFS/and DRBD I must add 50go Disk on lvm. Must have begin to add LVM disk via lvexend on the primary server ? if yes i suppose that i can use the lvm command to add an extent … --- ## [Best place to layer DRBD on disks/raid/lvm-raid for Active/Passive NFS and ISCSI](https://forums.linbit.com/t/best-place-to-layer-drbd-on-disks-raid-lvm-raid-for-active-passive-nfs-and-iscsi/271)
**Author:** [@BrodieCyber](https://forums.linbit.com/u/BrodieCyber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/best-place-to-layer-drbd-on-disks-raid-lvm-raid-for-active-passive-nfs-and-iscsi/271 "2024-08-29T19:22:55Z")
Hello everyone Ive setup a test environment for DRBD in my HomeLab with 2 vms but i want to build two physical machines. Im still reading to understand 2 vs 3 nodes and the setup difference so please forgive my lack of … --- ## [Seting up read balancing globaly](https://forums.linbit.com/t/seting-up-read-balancing-globaly/274)
**Author:** [@sviridoff](https://forums.linbit.com/u/sviridoff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/seting-up-read-balancing-globaly/274 "2024-08-29T13:35:12Z")
Hi everyone! Can someone explane me how to corectly set up read balancing globaly, for all my drbd devices? All existing and all I will create in future. In this article I read about configuration file - disk section. … --- ## [Bad checksum on file http://packages.linbit.com/public/dists/proxmox-8/drbd-9/pool/ktls-utils-dbgsym\_0.10-2\_amd64.deb in repo proxmox-8](https://forums.linbit.com/t/bad-checksum-on-file-http-packages-linbit-com-public-dists-proxmox-8-drbd-9-pool-ktls-utils-dbgsym-0-10-2-amd64-deb-in-repo-proxmox-8/263)
**Author:** [@angryerr](https://forums.linbit.com/u/angryerr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/bad-checksum-on-file-http-packages-linbit-com-public-dists-proxmox-8-drbd-9-pool-ktls-utils-dbgsym-0-10-2-amd64-deb-in-repo-proxmox-8/263 "2024-08-27T14:25:32Z")
in this repo url="http://packages.linbit.com/public/" distributions="proxmox-8" architectures="amd64" components="drbd-9" problem with checksum sha512sum on file http://packages.linbit.com/public/dists/proxmox-8/drbd-9… --- ## [Sync speed is excellent, but resync is \*\*very\*\* bad](https://forums.linbit.com/t/sync-speed-is-excellent-but-resync-is-very-bad/261)
**Author:** [@Harri](https://forums.linbit.com/u/Harri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/sync-speed-is-excellent-but-resync-is-very-bad/261 "2024-08-26T18:09:06Z")
Using drbd as provided by Debian 12 and the default disk and net settings in drbd.conf I see an excellent sync performance, but a resync is very bad. 40 MBytes/sec over a 2\*10Gbit bonding interface (active-backup), even… --- ## [DRBD kickstart troubleshooting](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-kickstart-troubleshooting/107)
**Author:** [@crashdump](https://forums.linbit.com/u/crashdump)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-kickstart-troubleshooting/107 "2024-08-26T16:33:07Z")
Hi folks, we run a software which uses drdb (9.2.0) for HA in a productive, professional environment and our backup machine (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4) suddenly crashed one morning last week. Since then the s… --- ## [During heavy IO disk write timeout leads to DRBD going to diskless mode](https://forums.linbit.com/t/during-heavy-io-disk-write-timeout-leads-to-drbd-going-to-diskless-mode/254)
**Author:** [@ramilehti](https://forums.linbit.com/u/ramilehti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/during-heavy-io-disk-write-timeout-leads-to-drbd-going-to-diskless-mode/254 "2024-08-22T12:58:32Z")
Hi, During heavy disk IO one of our raid sets experiences a write timeout (DID\_TIME\_OUT as reported by the kernel). This happens about once a week on our secondary node. Next message in our logs is from kernel blk\_upda… --- ## [INFO: task drbd\_r\_omd:1957 blocked for more than 120 seconds](https://forums.linbit.com/t/info-task-drbd-r-omd-1957-blocked-for-more-than-120-seconds/111)
**Author:** [@robin-checkmk](https://forums.linbit.com/u/robin-checkmk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/info-task-drbd-r-omd-1957-blocked-for-more-than-120-seconds/111 "2024-08-09T06:01:50Z")
Hey everyone! I have this situation: A Linux cluster (Debian 12, DRBD 9.22) using DRDB giving me the following error message with the Linux host becoming unresponsive afterward. This affects different hardware setups wi… [Previous page](https://forums.linbit.com/c/drbd/5.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.linbit.com/c/drbd/5.md?page=3)