Re: [ceph-users] How to restore a Ceph cluster from its cluster map?

2014-10-08 Thread Craig Lewis
I asked a similiar question before, about backing up maps: http://lists.ceph.com/pipermail/ceph-users-ceph.com/2013-August/022798.html The short answer is you can't. There are maps that you can't dump, so you don't have the ability to make a complete snapshot of the cluster. The long answer is t

Re: [ceph-users] How to restore a Ceph cluster from its cluster map?

2014-10-08 Thread Aegeaner
Thanks Wido, When I describe a ceph cluster is "down", I mean something is wrong with the ceph software, someone mistakenly changed the configuration file, making the conf in many nodes inconsistent, e.g. wrong fs_id, inconsistent OSD / host mapping, etc. I'm not talking about OSD failures,

Re: [ceph-users] How to restore a Ceph cluster from its cluster map?

2014-10-08 Thread Wido den Hollander
On 10/08/2014 11:00 AM, Aegeaner wrote: > > Hi all! > > For production use, I want to use two ceph clusters at the same time. > One is the master cluster, and the other is the replication cluster, > which syncs RBD snapshots with master cluster at fixed time (every day, > e.g.), by the way this a

Re: [ceph-users] How to restore a Ceph cluster from its cluster map?

2014-10-08 Thread Marco Garcês
Im in on this thread. *Marco Garcês* *#sysadmin* Maputo - Mozambique *[Phone]* +258 84 4105579 *[Skype]* marcogarces On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Aegeaner wrote: > > Hi all! > > For production use, I want to use two ceph clusters at the same time. > One is the master cluster, and the other

[ceph-users] How to restore a Ceph cluster from its cluster map?

2014-10-08 Thread Aegeaner
Hi all! For production use, I want to use two ceph clusters at the same time. One is the master cluster, and the other is the replication cluster, which syncs RBD snapshots with master cluster at fixed time (every day, e.g.), by the way this article describes: http://ceph.com/dev-notes/increment