Hi Chris, If the configs are correct and the permissions on all the /data/X/kafka/data directories are correct, then kafka should use all of the log dirs when creating topics. Remember that kafka will not automatically move any existing topic data when the cluster configs change. I’d test by creating a topic with more partitions than storage locations.
If you’d rather start fresh, you have the steps correct. An alternative to changing the zk path is to use zkCli to remove the paths. If you use a zookeeper chroot, just delete everything from that chroot down from zkCli, e.g. `rmr /[kafka-chroot]` — Peter > On Sep 20, 2022, at 11:56 AM, Chris Peart <ch...@peart.me.uk> wrote: > > Thinking about this, as this is not in production it might be easier just > reset everything. > > Would it be something like: > > Stopping Kafka > Deleting all files and folders in /Kafka/data > Changing the zookeeper setting to point to a different path in the zookeeper > cluster > Start Kafka > > Some help on resetting Kafka would be great if ok please. > > Many Thanks > Chris > >> On 20 Sep 2022, at 3:37 pm, Chris Peart <ch...@peart.me.uk> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> I have checked the logs on all 4 brokers and could only see >> /data/1/data/kafka being used, log.dirs config in the logs showed all the >> disks but no errors. >> >> I managed to get the other 5 disks working by adding the path >> /data/[2-6]/data/kafka and setting the owner as kafka and restarting kafka. >> >> So now when i create topics i see disks 2-6 being used but not disk 1. >> >> I have stopped all the brokers deleted all files /data/1/kafka/data on all >> brokers and started them, but i still don't see disk 1 being used when >> creating topics, it's as if there is some dirty configuration somewhere, >> maybe in zookeeper? >> >> Any help here would be much appreciated :) >> >> >> >> Many Thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 2022-09-16 08:22, Chris Peart wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Peter, >>> I’ll check the logs next week and let you know my findings. >>> Many Thanks >>> Chris >>> >>>> On 16 Sep 2022, at 7:45 am, Peter Bukowinski <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The next thing I’d check is the broker logs. The parameters read from the >>>> config should appear in the logs when kafka starts up. Search the logs for >>>> ‘log.dirs’ and ensure the correct configs are loaded. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Peter >>>> >>>>> On Sep 15, 2022, at 11:10 PM, Chris Peart <ch...@peart.me.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Peter, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your response, we have the following configuration: >>>>> >>>>> Partition count=4 >>>>> Replication factor=3 >>>>> >>>>> All four brokers have topics-partitions in /data/1/kafka/data and are >>>>> receiving data. >>>>> >>>>> Each server has 6 x 2TB disks for kaka data. >>>>> >>>>> Many Thanks, >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>>>> On 16 Sep 2022, at 1:56 am, Peter Bukowinski <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you share the partition count and replication factor of your >>>>>> partitions? Also, do all four brokers contain topic-partition >>>>>> directories in /data/1/kafka/data or just a single broker? Depending on >>>>>> your topic config, it may be entirely normal that his has happened. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> — >>>>>> Peter Bukowinski >>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sep 15, 2022, at 3:35 AM, Chris Peart <ch...@peart.me.uk> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a 4 node kafka cluster running version 2.8.1, we have started >>>>>>> pushing data to the cluster but can only see one disk being used. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We had 6 disk configured as non-raid and 1 partition per disk, we have >>>>>>> the following in fstab: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-data /data/1 xfs nodev,noatime,nofail >>>>>>> 1 2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup02-data /data/2 xfs nodev,noatime,nofail 1 >>>>>>> 2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup03-data /data/3 xfs nodev,noatime,nofail >>>>>>> 1 2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup04-data /data/4 xfs nodev,noatime,nofail >>>>>>> 1 2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup05-data /data/5 xfs nodev,noatime,nofail >>>>>>> 1 2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup06-data /data/6 xfs nodev,noatime,nofail >>>>>>> 1 2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We configured server.properties to be: >>>>>>> log.dirs=/data/1/kafka/data,/data/2/kafka/data,/data/3/kafka/data,/data/4/kafka/data,/data/5/kafka/data,/data/6/kafka/data >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i can see all our topics in /data/1/kafka/data but don't see anything >>>>>>> in /data/2-5 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated as this is going to production next week? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Many Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris
