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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-1526

Can't add a new server to a replica set if one of the existing ones is down

    • Type: Icon: Improvement Improvement
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Icon: Minor - P4 Minor - P4
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    • Affects Version/s: 1.5.6
    • Component/s: Replication
    • Labels:
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    • Environment:
      db version v1.5.7-pre-, pdfile version 4.5
      git version: db8bd901d8be3eaeabc3a25646c3deb56e523d6d

      1. Get a replica set running with 2 (or more) servers.
      2. Make one fail.
      3. Start a new server with --replSet containing same replica set name and address of primary
      4. Connect shell to primary and add the new server to the replica set by running: rs.add(<new server>)
      {
      "assertion" : "need members up to initiate/reconfig, not ok: 64.186.132.52:27017",
      "assertionCode" : 13144,
      "errmsg" : "db assertion failure",
      "ok" : 0
      }

            Assignee:
            dwight@mongodb.com Dwight Merriman
            Reporter:
            tonyh Tony Hannan
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