Migrating Bricks

You can migrate the data from one brick to another, as needed, while the volume is online and available.You can migrate disks, that is, move data from one disk to another within your cluster. You might want to do this, for example, when upgrading a disk to another with a larger capacity.

When migrating a disk, the Gluster Management Console allows you to select both the source and destination bricks. After initiating a disk migration, the Task tab displays the status of the migration, and allows you to cancel the migration, if necessary.

To migrate volume data from one brick to another, perform the following steps.

1. Select Migrate Bricks by choosing from the menu, toolbar, or right click and select the volume.

   The Migrate Brick window is displayed.

   

2. Type the source volume in the From Disk field.
3. Type the destination volume in the To Disk field.
4. Click Finish. The Brick Migration window appears indicating that the brick was successfully migrated.

   

5. The Volumes tab displays the migration status of the volume (updated automatically every few minutes).
6. In the Task tab, click Cancel to cancel the volume migration or click Pause to pause the process, if required.