Static Group Move

When using Configuration V2, static group management is performed automatically and the Self Heal mechanism will perform reconfiguration when one static group node fails.

When manual static group configuration management is needed, you need to disable automatic static group management, get the current static group configuration, make changes and apply the modified configuration as the target static group configuration. Then you need to remove the target static group configuration from the configuration file and enable automatic static group configuration management.

As an example, consider a YDB cluster where a static node is configured and running on the host with node_id:1. This node serves part of the static group.

Static group configuration fragment:

...
groups:
  ...
  rings:
    ...
    fail_domains:
    - vdisk_locations:
      - node_id: 1
        path: /dev/vda
        pdisk_category: SSD
    ...
...

To replace node_id:1, we use another host with a static node deployed on it with node_id:10.

To move part of the static group from host node_id:1 to node_id:10:

1. Disable automatic static group management.

2. Get the current static group configuration.

3. Make changes and apply the modified configuration as the target static group configuration.
   In the configuration file config.yaml, change the node_id value, replacing the identifier of the host being removed with the identifier of the host being added:

   ...
   groups:
     ...
     rings:
       ...
       fail_domains:
       - vdisk_locations:
         - node_id: 10
           path: /dev/vda
           pdisk_category: SSD
       ...
   ...
   

   Change the path and disk pdisk_category if they differ on the host with node_id: 10.

4. Go to the Embedded UI monitoring page and ensure that the static group VDisk appeared on the target physical disk and is replicating. For more details, see Monitoring static groups.

5. Remove the target static group configuration from the configuration file and enable automatic static group configuration management.