Topics: PetaSAN

Scope/Description This article will walk through the process of creating an Erasure Code Pool in PetaSAN along with creating the rules you will need for your pool. Prerequisites A minimum of 3 nodes active and running Steps The First step is creating a rule for the type of redundancy you want for the pool and […]

Scope/Description This article will cover how to update your PetaSAN nodes to the latest version. It may be necessary to perform this when standing up a second cluster with the intent of replicating data between the two. Prerequisites An installed and configured PetaSAN based Ceph cluster PuTTy or similar SSH utility to SSH into the […]

Scope/Description This article will cover resolving issues with clock skew on PetaSAN. These issues are often displayed on the dashboard and can be referenced in the ceph.log file Prerequisites PetaSAN Clustered solution SSH Access PuTTy or some other form of SSH client Cluster reporting “Slow/Blocked Ops” or “Clock Skew” Steps Verify that the issue regarding […]

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Scope/Description This article will demonstrate the steps to edit any ACL configurations on an RBD (iSCSI LUN) in Petasan without taking it offline. This must be done via the command line, as it cannot be done via the GUI without first taking it offline. The changes discussed in this document are: The editing of ACL […]

Scope/Description This article will demonstrate the steps to re-size an in-use RBD (iSCSI LUN) in Petasan without taking it offline. This must be done via the command line, as it cannot be done via the GUI without first taking it offline. The changes discussed in this document are: The increasing/decreasing of RBD size (iSCSI LUN) […]

Scope/Description This guide will demonstrate the steps to create and configure your CIFS shares to allow Windows Domain Admins to manage user/group access. Prerequisites PetaSAN cluster with CephFS + CIFS deployed Joined Active Directory Package “attr” is installed Steps Select “Add CIFS Share” from the CIFS shares page within the dashboard Create your CIFS share […]