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Generally speaking, the Anvil! tries to auto-assemble storage groups for you. When all the hardware is the same size, this works pretty well. However, if the [[volume group]]s on two subnodes, or on a DR host differ, this may not work. In such cases, you can manually configure storage groups using the <span class="code">anvil-manage-storage-group</span> tool.
Generally speaking, the Anvil! tries to auto-assemble storage groups for you. When all the hardware is the same size, this works pretty well. However, if the [[volume group]]s on two subnodes, or on a DR host differ, this may not work. In such cases, you can manually configure storage groups using the <span class="code">anvil-manage-storage-group</span> tool.


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To start, lets look at the storage groups on an example Anvil! cluster with three nodes and a DR host.
 
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Revision as of 04:34, 15 November 2023

 AN!Wiki :: How To :: Managing Storage Groups

Note: There are plans to add storage group management to the Striker UI. Until then, this is a command-line process.

If you're unfamiliar with what a storage group is, see:

Generally speaking, the Anvil! tries to auto-assemble storage groups for you. When all the hardware is the same size, this works pretty well. However, if the volume groups on two subnodes, or on a DR host differ, this may not work. In such cases, you can manually configure storage groups using the anvil-manage-storage-group tool.

To start, lets look at the storage groups on an example Anvil! cluster with three nodes and a DR host.

anvil-manage-storage-groups --show

 

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