Eugen, thanks! That looks like a nice improvement over what I'm doing now.
I'll try that.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 3:15 AM Eugen Block <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we had to recreate some block.db's for some OSDs just a couple of
> weeks ago because our existing journal SSD had failed. This way we
> avoided to rebalance the whole cluster, just the OSD had to be filled
> up. Maybe this will help you too.
>
>
> http://heiterbiswolkig.blogs.nde.ag/2018/04/08/resetting-an-existing-bluestore-osd/
>
> Regards,
> Eugen
>
>
> Zitat von Caspar Smit <[email protected]>:
>
> > 2018-07-03 4:27 GMT+02:00 Brad Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if it's possible or how best to add a DB & WAL to an OSD
> >> retroactively? (Still using Luminous)
> >>
> >> I hurriedly created some HDD-backed bluestore OSDs without their WAL &
> DB
> >> on SSDs, and then loaded them up with data.
> >>
> >> When I realized I forgot to use the SSD partitions for its WAL & DB, I
> >> marked the first OSD out, let it drain, nuked it, and recreated it, and
> am
> >> now waiting for it to re-populate.
> >>
> >> In the meantime, I've been searching for how to best add them
> >> retroactively on the remaining OSDs.
> >>
> >> I found https://swamireddy.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/ceph-
> >> how-to-add-the-ssd-journal/ which seems to describe how to add the DB,
> >> but not the WAL.
> >>
> >>
> > Hi Brad, these steps are for Filestore backed OSD's only. Afaik there
> > currently isn't a procedure to seperate the DB/WAL after OSD creation, so
> > your current method of marking out, drain and re-create is your only
> option.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Caspar
> >
> >
> >
> >> Any tips?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> - Brad
> >>
> >>
> >>
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