[PVE-User] pveceph createosd after destroyed osd

[Alwin Antreich]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 01:05:51AM +0100, Mark Adams wrote:
> Currently running the newest 5.2-1 version, I had a test cluster which was
> working fine. I since added more disks, first stopping, then setting out,
> then destroying each osd so I could recreate it all from scratch.
> 
> However, when adding a new osd (either via GUI or pveceph CLI) it seems to
> show a successful create, however does not show in the gui as an osd under
> the host.
> 
> It's like the osd information is being stored by proxmox/ceph somewhere
> else and not being correctly removed and recreated?
> 
> I can see that the newly created disk (after it being destroyed) is
> down/out.
> 
> Is this by design? is there a way to force the disk back? shouldn't it show
> in the gui once you create it again?
> 
Did you zero your disks after removal? On the first ~200 MB of the disk,
there are leftovers that need to be zeroed before use. After that the
OSD should be added fine.

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Cheers,
Alwin