Utility_Storage.md

Utility Storage

• Utility Storage
  • Overview
    • Key Concepts
  • Storage tools and information references
  • Storage troubleshooting references

Overview

Utility storage is designed to support Kubernetes and the System Management Services (SMS) it orchestrates. Utility storage is a cost-effective solution for storing the large amounts of telemetry and log data collected.

Ceph is the utility storage platform that is used to enable pods to store persistent data. It is deployed to provide block, object, and file storage to the management services running on Kubernetes, as well as for telemetry data coming from the compute nodes.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Commands for Ceph health must be run from either a master NCN,ncn-s001, ncn-s002, or ncn-s003, unless they are otherwise specified to run on the host in question. Those nodes are the only ones with the necessary credentials. Individual procedures will specify when to run a command from a node other than those.

Key Concepts

• Shrink: This only pertains to removing nodes from a cluster. Since Octopus and the move to utilize Ceph orchestrator, the Ceph cluster is probing nodes and adding unused drives. Removing a drive will only work if the actual drive is removed from a server.
• Add: This will most commonly pertain to adding a node with its full allotment of drives.
• Replace: This will most commonly pertain to replacing a drive or a node after hardware repairs.

Storage tools and information references

Adjust Ceph cluster

• Adding a Ceph Node to the Ceph Cluster
• Add Ceph OSDs
• Shrink the Ceph Cluster: remove a Ceph node
• Shrink Ceph OSDs: remove OSDs from a Ceph cluster
• Adjust Ceph Pool Quotas
• Alternate Storage Pools

Ceph information

• Ceph Storage Types
• Ceph Health States
• Cephadm Reference Material

Ceph related operations

• Ceph Daemon Memory Profiling
• Ceph Deep Scrubs
• Dump Ceph Crash Data
• Identify Ceph Latency Issues
• Manage Ceph Services
• Restore Nexus Data After Data Corruption
• Collect Information about the Ceph Cluster

Ceph tools' usage documentation

• Ceph Orchestrator Usage
• Ceph Service Check Script Usage
• ceph-upgrade-tool Usage

Storage troubleshooting references

MDS

• Troubleshoot Ceph MDS Client Connectivity Issues
• Troubleshooting Ceph MDS Reporting Slow Requests and Failure on Client
• Troubleshoot Insufficient Standby MDS Daemons Available

RGW

• Troubleshoot if RGW Health Check Fails
• Troubleshoot an Unresponsive Rados-Gateway (radosgw) S3 Endpoint

OSD

• Troubleshoot Ceph OSDs Reporting Full
• Troubleshoot a Down OSD
• Troubleshoot Ceph OSDs Not Being Created on Disks

Ceph Health

• Troubleshoot Large Object Map Objects in Ceph Health
• Troubleshoot Failure to Get Ceph Health
• Troubleshoot HEALTH ERR Module devicehealth

Other

• Troubleshoot Ceph-Mon Processes Stopping and Exceeding Max Restarts
• Troubleshoot S3FS Mount Issues
• Troubleshoot System Clock Skew
• Troubleshoot Ceph Services Not Starting After a Server Crash
• Troubleshoot Pods Failing to Restart on Other Worker Nodes
• Troubleshoot Ceph Image with Tag: <none>