π Ceph Operations Checklist
β Daily Tasks
- Check cluster health
ceph -s - Review detailed health report
ceph health detail - Verify monitor quorum
ceph quorum_status --format json-pretty - Check OSD status
ceph osd stat - Scan logs for warnings
journalctl -u ceph-mon@<hostname> --since today journalctl -u ceph-osd@<id> --since today
π Weekly Tasks
- Check pool usage and capacity
ceph df - Review placement group statistics
ceph pg stat - Inspect OSD tree layout
ceph osd tree - Run OSD scrub (data consistency)
ceph osd scrub <id> - Rebalance cluster if needed
ceph osd reweight-by-utilization
π¨ Watch For
- OSDs marked down/out β restart or replace disk.
- PGs stuck/inactive β check network and MON quorum.
- Slow requests β test Ceph network latency and disk health.
- Nearβfull warnings β add OSDs or clean up unused images/snapshots.
- MON quorum loss β ensure at least 2 of 3 MONs are running.