Chapter 9. Troubleshooting clusters in stretch mode You can replace and remove the failed tiebreaker monitors. You can also force the cluster into the recovery or healthy mode if needed. Additional Resources See Stretch clusters for Ceph storage for more information about clusters in stretch mode. 9.1. Replacing the tiebreaker with a monitor in quorum If your tiebreaker monitor fails, you can replace it with an existing monitor in quorum and remove it from the cluster. Prerequisites A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster Stretch mode is enabled on a cluster Procedure Disable automated monitor deployment: Example View the monitors in quorum: Example Set the monitor in quorum as a new tiebreaker: Syntax Example Important You get an error message if the monitor is in the same location as existing non-tiebreaker monitors: Example If that happens, change the location of the monitor: Syntax Example Remove the failed tiebreaker monitor: Syntax Example Once the monitor is removed from the host, redeploy the monitor: Syntax Example Ensure there are five monitors in quorum: Example Verify that everything is configured properly: Example Redeploy the monitors: Syntax Example 9.2. Replacing the tiebreaker with a new monitor If your tiebreaker monitor fails, you can replace it with a new monitor and remove it from the cluster. Prerequisites A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster Stretch mode in enabled on a cluster Procedure Add a new monitor to the cluster: Manually add the crush_location to the new monitor: Syntax Example Note The new monitor has to be in a different location than existing non-tiebreaker monitors. Disable automated monitor deployment: Example Deploy the new monitor: Syntax Example Ensure there are 6 monitors, from which 5 are in quorum: Example Set the new monitor as a new tiebreaker: Syntax Example Remove the failed tiebreaker monitor: Syntax Example Verify that everything is configured properly: Example Redeploy the monitors: Syntax Example 9.3. Forcing stretch cluster into recovery or healthy mode When in stretch degraded mode, the cluster goes into the recovery mode automatically after the disconnected data center comes back. If that does not happen, or you want to enable recovery mode early, you can force the stretch cluster into the recovery mode. Prerequisites A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster Stretch mode in enabled on a cluster Procedure Force the stretch cluster into the recovery mode: Example Note The recovery state puts the cluster in the HEALTH_WARN state. When in recovery mode, the cluster should go back into normal stretch mode after the placement groups are healthy. If that does not happen, you can force the stretch cluster into the healthy mode: Example Note You can also run this command if you want to force the cross-data-center peering early and you are willing to risk data downtime, or you have verified separately that all the placement groups can peer, even if they are not fully recovered. You might also wish to invoke the healthy mode to remove the HEALTH_WARN state, which is generated by the recovery state. Note The force_recovery_stretch_mode and force_recovery_healthy_mode commands should not be necessary, as they are included in the process of managing unanticipated situations.

Commands:
ceph orch apply mon --unmanaged Scheduled mon update...
ceph -s mon: 5 daemons, quorum host01, host02, host04, host05 (age 30s), out of quorum: host07
ceph mon set_new_tiebreaker NEW_HOST
ceph mon set_new_tiebreaker host02
ceph mon set_new_tiebreaker host02 Error EINVAL: mon.host02 has location DC1, which matches mons host02 on the datacenter dividing bucket for stretch mode.
ceph mon set_location HOST datacenter= DATACENTER
ceph mon set_location host02 datacenter=DC3
ceph orch daemon rm FAILED_TIEBREAKER_MONITOR --force
ceph orch daemon rm mon.host07 --force Removed mon.host07 from host 'host07'
ceph mon add HOST IP_ADDRESS datacenter= DATACENTER ceph orch daemon add mon HOST
ceph mon add host07 213.222.226.50 datacenter=DC1 ceph orch daemon add mon host07
ceph -s mon: 5 daemons, quorum host01, host02, host04, host05, host07 (age 15s)
ceph mon dump epoch 19 fsid 1234ab78-1234-11ed-b1b1-de456ef0a89d last_changed 2023-01-17T04:12:05.709475+0000 created 2023-01-16T05:47:25.631684+0000 min_mon_release 16 (pacific) election_strategy: 3 stretch_mode_enabled 1 tiebreaker_mon host02 disallowed_leaders host02 0: [v2:132.224.169.63:3300/0,v1:132.224.169.63:6789/0] mon.host02; crush_location {datacenter=DC3} 1: [v2:220.141.179.34:3300/0,v1:220.141.179.34:6789/0] mon.host04; crush_location {datacenter=DC2} 2: [v2:40.90.220.224:3300/0,v1:40.90.220.224:6789/0] mon.host01; crush_location {datacenter=DC1} 3: [v2:60.140.141.144:3300/0,v1:60.140.141.144:6789/0] mon.host07; crush_location {datacenter=DC1} 4: [v2:186.184.61.92:3300/0,v1:186.184.61.92:6789/0] mon.host03; crush_location {datacenter=DC2} dumped monmap epoch 19
ceph orch apply mon --placement=" HOST_1 , HOST_2 , HOST_3 , HOST_4 , HOST_5 "
ceph orch apply mon --placement="host01, host02, host04, host05, host07" Scheduled mon update
ceph mon add NEW_HOST IP_ADDRESS datacenter= DATACENTER
ceph mon add host06 213.222.226.50 datacenter=DC3 adding mon.host06 at [v2:213.222.226.50:3300/0,v1:213.222.226.50:6789/0]
ceph orch apply mon --unmanaged Scheduled mon update...
ceph orch daemon add mon NEW_HOST
ceph orch daemon add mon host06
ceph -s mon: 6 daemons, quorum host01, host02, host04, host05, host06 (age 30s), out of quorum: host07
ceph mon set_new_tiebreaker NEW_HOST
ceph mon set_new_tiebreaker host06
ceph orch daemon rm FAILED_TIEBREAKER_MONITOR --force
ceph orch daemon rm mon.host07 --force Removed mon.host07 from host 'host07'
ceph mon dump epoch 19 fsid 1234ab78-1234-11ed-b1b1-de456ef0a89d last_changed 2023-01-17T04:12:05.709475+0000 created 2023-01-16T05:47:25.631684+0000 min_mon_release 16 (pacific) election_strategy: 3 stretch_mode_enabled 1 tiebreaker_mon host06 disallowed_leaders host06 0: [v2:213.222.226.50:3300/0,v1:213.222.226.50:6789/0] mon.host06; crush_location {datacenter=DC3} 1: [v2:220.141.179.34:3300/0,v1:220.141.179.34:6789/0] mon.host04; crush_location {datacenter=DC2} 2: [v2:40.90.220.224:3300/0,v1:40.90.220.224:6789/0] mon.host01; crush_location {datacenter=DC1} 3: [v2:60.140.141.144:3300/0,v1:60.140.141.144:6789/0] mon.host02; crush_location {datacenter=DC1} 4: [v2:186.184.61.92:3300/0,v1:186.184.61.92:6789/0] mon.host05; crush_location {datacenter=DC2} dumped monmap epoch 19
ceph orch apply mon --placement=" HOST_1 , HOST_2 , HOST_3 , HOST_4 , HOST_5 "
ceph orch apply mon --placement="host01, host02, host04, host05, host06" Scheduled mon update...
ceph osd force_recovery_stretch_mode --yes-i-really-mean-it
ceph osd force_healthy_stretch_mode --yes-i-really-mean-it