Remove obsolete Monitors

[pille99]

hy all

after my ceph crashed, somebody restored it (restored the database - it corrupted, i guess because of some network issues)

that guy created a lot of monitors for ceph.
how can i delete them ?

btw: fully updated pve and ceph

 

[d.oishi]

Are you unable to remove the Ceph monitor from the GUI?

This thread may be helpful:

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Thread 'can't destroy or create ceph monitor'

Apr 21, 2021

I have removed the monitor via web GUI, later created it again, but it doesn't start. Can't remove it or create again.

root@asr3:~# pveceph mon destroy asr3
no such monitor id 'asr3'
root@asr3:~# pveceph mon create --monid asr3
monitor address '192.168.121.3' already in use
root@asr3:~# pveceph status
  cluster:
    id:     8fc87072-5946-466f-a10a-6fa9bd6fa925
    health: HEALTH_OK

  services:
    mon: 3 daemons, quorum asr1,asr2,asr4 (age 22m)
    mgr: asr2(active, since 3d), standbys: asr1, asr4, asr3
    mds: cephfs:1 {0=asr4=up:active} 3 up:standby
    osd: 27 osds: 27 up (since...

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[pille99]

before i play around i want to make a backup of all vms first.
the last time, i almost list 30vms.
i am just building a new environment, so no data and yet no backup configured. no worries, would have been just a lot of work to build it again.