Adding nodes to file storage

You can add more nodes for high availability and scalability of your file storage.

Prerequisites

The file storage cluster is created, as described in Creating the file storage cluster.

To add nodes to the file storage

Admin panel

Go to the Storage services > File storage > Nodes screen.
Click Add node.
Select one or more nodes to add to the file storage cluster and specify a virtual IP address for each node. Note these requirements for virtual IPs:
- It must be unique and not already allocated.
- It must reside in the same subnet as the node's IP address.
- It must be reachable by SMB clients.
Click Add.

The nodes will be added to your file storage cluster.

Command-line interface

Use the following command:

vinfra service file-storage node add <node>:<address> [<node>:<address> ...]

<node>:<address>: Node ID or hostname and IP address with netmask, separated by a colon

For example, to add the node node002 to the file storage cluster, run:

# vinfra service file-storage node add node002:10.10.10.102

The added node will appear in the vinfra service file-storage node list output:

# vinfra service file-storage node list
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+-----------------+---------+
| node_id                              | host                   | address         | status  |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+-----------------+---------+
| 923926da-a879-5f56-1b24-1462917ed335 | node001.vstoragedomain | 10.10.10.101/32 | running |
| ef24c47c-620d-8726-2677-ed94d853de2e | node002.vstoragedomain | 10.10.10.102/32 | running |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+-----------------+---------+