On Jun 21, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Mandell Degerness <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a scenario where we would want to remove a monitor and, at a > later date, re-add the monitor (using the same IP address). Is there > a supported way to do this? I tried deleting the monitor directory > and rebuilding from scratch following the add monitor procedures from > the web, but the monitor still suicide's when started. I assume you're already referencing this: http://ceph.com/docs/master/rados/operations/add-or-rm-mons/ I have done what you describe before. There were a couple hiccups, let's see if I remember the specifics: Remove: Follow the first two steps under "removing a monitor (manual) at the link above: service ceph stop mon.N ceph mon remove N Comment out the monitor entry in ceph.conf on ALL mon, osd and client hosts. Restart services as required to make everyone happy with the smaller set of monitors Re-add: Wipe the old monitor's directory and re-create it Follow the steps for "adding a monitor (manual) at the link above. Instead of adding a new entry you can just un-comment your old ones in ceph.conf. You can also start the monitor with "service ceph start mon N" on the appropriate host instead of running yourself (step 8). Note that you DO need to run ceph-mon as specified in step 5. I was initially confused about the '--mkfs' flag there--it doesn't refer to the OS's filesystem, you should use a directory or mountpoint that is already prepared/mounted. HTH. If you run into trouble post exactly the steps you followed and additional details about your setup. JN _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
