Chapter 6. Mirroring Ceph block devices
As a storage administrator, you can add another layer of redundancy to Ceph block devices by mirroring data images between Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters. Understanding and using Ceph block device mirroring can provide you protection against data loss, such as a site failure. There are two configurations for mirroring Ceph block devices, one-way mirroring or two-way mirroring, and you can configure mirroring on pools and individual images.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Network connectivity between the two storage clusters.
- Access to a Ceph client node for each Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
6.1. Ceph block device mirroring
RADOS Block Device (RBD) mirroring is a process of asynchronous replication of Ceph block device images between two or more Ceph storage clusters. By locating a Ceph storage cluster in different geographic locations, RBD Mirroring can help you recover from a site disaster. Journal-based Ceph block device mirroring ensures point-in-time consistent replicas of all changes to an image, including reads and writes, block device resizing, snapshots, clones and flattening.
RBD mirroring uses exclusive locks and the journaling feature to record all modifications to an image in the order in which they occur. This ensures that a crash-consistent mirror of an image is available.
The CRUSH hierarchies supporting primary and secondary pools that mirror block device images must have the same capacity and performance characteristics, and must have adequate bandwidth to ensure mirroring without excess latency. For example, if you have X MB/s average write throughput to images in the primary storage cluster, the network must support N * X throughput in the network connection to the secondary site plus a safety factor of Y% to mirror N images.
The rbd-mirror
daemon is responsible for synchronizing images from one Ceph storage cluster to another Ceph storage cluster by pulling changes from the remote primary image and writes those changes to the local, non-primary image. The rbd-mirror
daemon can run either on a single Ceph storage cluster for one-way mirroring or on two Ceph storage clusters for two-way mirroring that participate in the mirroring relationship.
For RBD mirroring to work, either using one-way or two-way replication, a couple of assumptions are made:
- A pool with the same name exists on both storage clusters.
- A pool contains journal-enabled images you want to mirror.
In one-way or two-way replication, each instance of rbd-mirror
must be able to connect to the other Ceph storage cluster simultaneously. Additionally, the network must have sufficient bandwidth between the two data center sites to handle mirroring.
One-way Replication
One-way mirroring implies that a primary image or pool of images in one storage cluster gets replicated to a secondary storage cluster. One-way mirroring also supports replicating to multiple secondary storage clusters.
On the secondary storage cluster, the image is the non-primary replicate; that is, Ceph clients cannot write to the image. When data is mirrored from a primary storage cluster to a secondary storage cluster, the rbd-mirror
runs ONLY on the secondary storage cluster.
For one-way mirroring to work, a couple of assumptions are made:
- You have two Ceph storage clusters and you want to replicate images from a primary storage cluster to a secondary storage cluster.
-
The secondary storage cluster has a Ceph client node attached to it running the
rbd-mirror
daemon. Therbd-mirror
daemon will connect to the primary storage cluster to sync images to the secondary storage cluster.
Figure 6.1. One-way mirroring
Two-way Replication
Two-way replication adds an rbd-mirror
daemon on the primary cluster so images can be demoted on it and promoted on the secondary cluster. Changes can then be made to the images on the secondary cluster and they will be replicated in the reverse direction, from secondary to primary. Both clusters must have rbd-mirror
running to allow promoting and demoting images on either cluster. Currently, two-way replication is only supported between two sites.
For two-way mirroring to work, a couple of assumptions are made:
- You have two storage clusters and you want to be able to replicate images between them in either direction.
-
Both storage clusters have a client node attached to them running the
rbd-mirror
daemon. Therbd-mirror
daemon running on the secondary storage cluster will connect to the primary storage cluster to synchronize images to secondary, and therbd-mirror
daemon running on the primary storage cluster will connect to the secondary storage cluster to synchronize images to primary.
Figure 6.2. Two-way mirroring
Mirroring Modes
Mirroring is configured on a per-pool basis with mirror peering storage clusters. Ceph supports two mirroring modes, depending on the type of images in the pool.
- Pool Mode
- All images in a pool with the journaling feature enabled are mirrored.
- Image Mode
- Only a specific subset of images within a pool are mirrored. You must enable mirroring for each image separately.
Image States
Whether or not an image can be modified depends on its state:
- Images in the primary state can be modified.
- Images in the non-primary state cannot be modified.
Images are automatically promoted to primary when mirroring is first enabled on an image. The promotion can happen:
- Implicitly by enabling mirroring in pool mode.
- Explicitly by enabling mirroring of a specific image.
It is possible to demote primary images and promote non-primary images.
Additional Resources
- See the Enabling mirroring on a pool section of the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
- See the Enabling image mirroring section of the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
- See the Image promotion and demotion section of the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
6.1.1. An overview of journal-based and snapshot-based mirroring
RADOS Block Device (RBD) images can be asynchronously mirrored between two Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters through two modes:
Journal-based mirroring
This mode uses the RBD journaling image feature to ensure point-in-time and crash consistent replication between two Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters. The actual image is not modified until every write to the RBD image is first recorded to the associated journal. The remote cluster reads from this journal and replays the updates to its local copy of the image. Because each write to the RBD images results in two writes to the Ceph cluster, write latencies nearly double with the usage of the RBD journaling image feature.
Snapshot-based mirroring
This mode uses periodic scheduled or manually created RBD image mirror snapshots to replicate crash consistent RBD images between two Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters. The remote cluster determines any data or metadata updates between two mirror snapshots and copies the deltas to its local copy of the image. The RBD fast-diff
image feature enables the quick determination of updated data blocks without the need to scan the full RBD image. The complete delta between two snapshots needs to be synchronized prior to use during a failover scenario. Any partially applied set of deltas are rolled back at moment of failover.
6.2. Configuring one-way mirroring using the command-line interface
This procedure configures one-way replication of a pool from the primary storage cluster to a secondary storage cluster.
When using one-way replication you can mirror to multiple secondary storage clusters.
Examples in this section will distinguish between two storage clusters by referring to the primary storage cluster with the primary images as site-a
, and the secondary storage cluster you are replicating the images to, as site-b
. The pool name used in these examples is called data
.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy and running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to a Ceph client node for each storage cluster.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
Procedure
Log into the
cephadm
shell on both the sites:Example
[root@site-a ~]# cephadm shell [root@site-b ~]# cephadm shell
On
site-b
, schedule the deployment of mirror daemon on the secondary cluster:Syntax
ceph orch apply rbd-mirror --placement=NODENAME
Example
[ceph: root@site-b /]# ceph orch apply rbd-mirror --placement=host04
NoteThe
nodename
is the host where you want to configure mirroring in the secondary cluster.Enable journaling features on an image on
site-a
.For new images, use the
--image-feature
option:Syntax
rbd create IMAGE_NAME --size MEGABYTES --pool POOL_NAME --image-feature FEATURE FEATURE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd create image1 --size 1024 --pool data --image-feature exclusive-lock,journaling
NoteIf
exclusive-lock
is already enabled, usejournaling
as the only argument, else it returns the following error:one or more requested features are already enabled (22) Invalid argument
For existing images, use the
rbd feature enable
command:Syntax
rbd feature enable POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME FEATURE, FEATURE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd feature enable data/image1 exclusive-lock, journaling
To enable journaling on all new images by default, set the configuration parameter using
ceph config set
command:Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# ceph config set global rbd_default_features 125 [ceph: root@site-a /]# ceph config show mon.host01 rbd_default_features
Choose the mirroring mode, either pool or image mode, on both the storage clusters.
Enabling pool mode:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool enable POOL_NAME MODE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd mirror pool enable data pool [ceph: root@site-b /]# rbd mirror pool enable data pool
This example enables mirroring of the whole pool named
data
.Enabling image mode:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool enable POOL_NAME MODE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd mirror pool enable data image [ceph: root@site-b /]# rbd mirror pool enable data image
This example enables image mode mirroring on the pool named
data
.NoteTo enable mirroring on specific images in a pool, see the Enabling image mirroring section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
Verify that mirroring has been successfully enabled at both the sites:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool info POOL_NAME
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd mirror pool info data Mode: pool Site Name: c13d8065-b33d-4cb5-b35f-127a02768e7f Peer Sites: none [ceph: root@site-b /]# rbd mirror pool info data Mode: pool Site Name: a4c667e2-b635-47ad-b462-6faeeee78df7 Peer Sites: none
On a Ceph client node, bootstrap the storage cluster peers.
Create Ceph user accounts, and register the storage cluster peer to the pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name PRIMARY_LOCAL_SITE_NAME POOL_NAME > PATH_TO_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client-site-a /]# rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name site-a data > /root/bootstrap_token_site-a
NoteThis example bootstrap command creates the
client.rbd-mirror.site-a
and theclient.rbd-mirror-peer
Ceph users.-
Copy the bootstrap token file to the
site-b
storage cluster. Import the bootstrap token on the
site-b
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name SECONDARY_LOCAL_SITE_NAME --direction rx-only POOL_NAME PATH_TO_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client-site-b /]# rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name site-b --direction rx-only data /root/bootstrap_token_site-a
NoteFor one-way RBD mirroring, you must use the
--direction rx-only
argument, as two-way mirroring is the default when bootstrapping peers.
To verify the mirroring status, run the following command from a Ceph Monitor node on the primary and secondary sites:
Syntax
rbd mirror image status POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[ceph: root@mon-site-a /]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: c13d8065-b33d-4cb5-b35f-127a02768e7f state: up+stopped description: remote image is non-primary service: host03.yuoosv on host03 last_update: 2021-10-06 09:13:58
Here,
up
means therbd-mirror
daemon is running, andstopped
means this image is not the target for replication from another storage cluster. This is because the image is primary on this storage cluster.Example
[ceph: root@mon-site-b /]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: c13d8065-b33d-4cb5-b35f-127a02768e7f
Additional Resources
- See the Ceph block device mirroring section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
- See the User Management section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Administration Guide for more details on Ceph users.
6.3. Configuring two-way mirroring using the command-line interface
This procedure configures two-way replication of a pool between the primary storage cluster, and a secondary storage cluster.
When using two-way replication you can only mirror between two storage clusters.
Examples in this section will distinguish between two storage clusters by referring to the primary storage cluster with the primary images as site-a
, and the secondary storage cluster you are replicating the images to, as site-b
. The pool name used in these examples is called data
.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy and running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to a Ceph client node for each storage cluster.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
Procedure
Log into the
cephadm
shell on both the sites:Example
[root@site-a ~]# cephadm shell [root@site-b ~]# cephadm shell
On the
site-a
primary cluster, run the following command:Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# ceph orch apply rbd-mirror --placement=host01
NoteThe
nodename
is the host where you want to configure mirroring.On
site-b
, schedule the deployment of mirror daemon on the secondary cluster:Syntax
ceph orch apply rbd-mirror --placement=NODENAME
Example
[ceph: root@site-b /]# ceph orch apply rbd-mirror --placement=host04
NoteThe
nodename
is the host where you want to configure mirroring in the secondary cluster.Enable journaling features on an image on
site-a
.For new images, use the
--image-feature
option:Syntax
rbd create IMAGE_NAME --size MEGABYTES --pool POOL_NAME --image-feature FEATURE FEATURE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd create image1 --size 1024 --pool data --image-feature exclusive-lock,journaling
NoteIf
exclusive-lock
is already enabled, usejournaling
as the only argument, else it returns the following error:one or more requested features are already enabled (22) Invalid argument
For existing images, use the
rbd feature enable
command:Syntax
rbd feature enable POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME FEATURE, FEATURE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd feature enable data/image1 exclusive-lock, journaling
To enable journaling on all new images by default, set the configuration parameter using
ceph config set
command:Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# ceph config set global rbd_default_features 125 [ceph: root@site-a /]# ceph config show mon.host01 rbd_default_features
Choose the mirroring mode, either pool or image mode, on both the storage clusters.
Enabling pool mode:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool enable POOL_NAME MODE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd mirror pool enable data pool [ceph: root@site-b /]# rbd mirror pool enable data pool
This example enables mirroring of the whole pool named
data
.Enabling image mode:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool enable POOL_NAME MODE
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd mirror pool enable data image [ceph: root@site-b /]# rbd mirror pool enable data image
This example enables image mode mirroring on the pool named
data
.NoteTo enable mirroring on specific images in a pool, see the Enabling image mirroring section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
Verify that mirroring has been successfully enabled at both the sites:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool info POOL_NAME
Example
[ceph: root@site-a /]# rbd mirror pool info data Mode: pool Site Name: c13d8065-b33d-4cb5-b35f-127a02768e7f Peer Sites: none [ceph: root@site-b /]# rbd mirror pool info data Mode: pool Site Name: a4c667e2-b635-47ad-b462-6faeeee78df7 Peer Sites: none
On a Ceph client node, bootstrap the storage cluster peers.
Create Ceph user accounts, and register the storage cluster peer to the pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name PRIMARY_LOCAL_SITE_NAME POOL_NAME > PATH_TO_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client-site-a /]# rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name site-a data > /root/bootstrap_token_site-a
NoteThis example bootstrap command creates the
client.rbd-mirror.site-a
and theclient.rbd-mirror-peer
Ceph users.-
Copy the bootstrap token file to the
site-b
storage cluster. Import the bootstrap token on the
site-b
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name SECONDARY_LOCAL_SITE_NAME --direction rx-tx POOL_NAME PATH_TO_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client-site-b /]# rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name site-b --direction rx-tx data /root/bootstrap_token_site-a
NoteThe
--direction
argument is optional, as two-way mirroring is the default when bootstrapping peers.
To verify the mirroring status, run the following command from a Ceph Monitor node on the primary and secondary sites:
Syntax
rbd mirror image status POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[ceph: root@mon-site-a /]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: a4c667e2-b635-47ad-b462-6faeeee78df7 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary service: host03.glsdbv on host03.ceph.redhat.com last_update: 2021-09-16 10:55:58 peer_sites: name: a state: up+stopped description: replaying, {"bytes_per_second":0.0,"entries_behind_primary":0,"entries_per_second":0.0,"non_primary_position":{"entry_tid":3,"object_number":3,"tag_tid":1},"primary_position":{"entry_tid":3,"object_number":3,"tag_tid":1}} last_update: 2021-09-16 10:55:50
Here,
up
means therbd-mirror
daemon is running, andstopped
means this image is not the target for replication from another storage cluster. This is because the image is primary on this storage cluster.Example
[ceph: root@mon-site-b /]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: a4c667e2-b635-47ad-b462-6faeeee78df7 state: up+replaying description: replaying, {"bytes_per_second":0.0,"entries_behind_primary":0,"entries_per_second":0.0,"non_primary_position":{"entry_tid":3,"object_number":3,"tag_tid":1},"primary_position":{"entry_tid":3,"object_number":3,"tag_tid":1}} service: host05.dtisty on host05 last_update: 2021-09-16 10:57:20 peer_sites: name: b state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2021-09-16 10:57:28
If images are in the state
up+replaying
, then mirroring is functioning properly. Here,up
means therbd-mirror
daemon is running, andreplaying
means this image is the target for replication from another storage cluster.NoteDepending on the connection between the sites, mirroring can take a long time to sync the images.
Additional Resources
- See the Ceph block device mirroring section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for more details.
- See the User Management section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Administration Guide for more details on Ceph users.
6.4. Administration for mirroring Ceph block devices
As a storage administrator, you can do various tasks to help you manage the Ceph block device mirroring environment. You can do the following tasks:
- Viewing information about storage cluster peers.
- Add or remove a storage cluster peer.
- Getting mirroring status for a pool or image.
- Enabling mirroring on a pool or image.
- Disabling mirroring on a pool or image.
- Delaying block device replication.
- Promoting and demoting an image.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the Ceph client nodes.
- A one-way or two-way Ceph block device mirroring relationship.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
6.4.1. Viewing information about peers
View information about storage cluster peers.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To view information about the peers:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool info POOL_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool info data Mode: pool Site Name: a Peer Sites: UUID: 950ddadf-f995-47b7-9416-b9bb233f66e3 Name: b Mirror UUID: 4696cd9d-1466-4f98-a97a-3748b6b722b3 Direction: rx-tx Client: client.rbd-mirror-peer
6.4.2. Enabling mirroring on a pool
Enable mirroring on a pool by running the following commands on both peer clusters.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To enable mirroring on a pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool enable POOL_NAME MODE
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool enable data pool
This example enables mirroring of the whole pool named
data
.Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool enable data image
This example enables image mode mirroring on the pool named
data
.
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.3. Disabling mirroring on a pool
Before disabling mirroring, remove the peer clusters.
When you disable mirroring on a pool, you also disable it on any images within the pool for which mirroring was enabled separately in image mode.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To disable mirroring on a pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool disable POOL_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool disable data
This example disables mirroring of a pool named
data
.
6.4.4. Enabling namespace mirroring
You can configure mirroring on a namespace in a pool. The pool must already be enabled for mirroring. Mirror the namespace to a namespace with the same or a different name in the remote pool from a remote cluster (secondary cluster).
You can mirror a namespace to a namespace with a different name in the remote pool using the --remote-namespace
option. The default behaviour of the namespace is to mirror to a namespace with the same name on the remote pool.
Prerequisites
- Root-level access to the node.
- 2 running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
-
rbd-mirror
daemon service is enabled on both clusters. - Enable mirroring for the pool in which the namespace is added.
Procedure
Run the following command on both clusters where you want to enable mirroring on a namespace.
Syntax
rbd mirror pool enable POOL_NAME/LOCAL_NAMESPACE_NAME _MODE --remote-namespace REMOTE_NAMESPACE_NAME
NoteThe
--remote-namespace
parameter is optional.The mirroring mode can either be
image
orpool
:-
Image mode: When configured in
image
mode, mirroring must beexplicitly enabled
on each image. Pool mode (default): When configured in
pool
mode, all images in the namespace with the journaling feature enabled are mirrored.Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool enable image-pool/namespace-a image --remote-namespace namespace-b Remote cluster: [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool enable image-pool/namespace-b image --remote-namespace namespace-a
This example enables image mode mirroring between image-pool/namespace-a on the first cluster and image-pool/namespace-b on the second cluster.
The namespace and remote namespace on the first cluster must match the remote namespace and namespace respectively on the remote cluster.
If the --remote-namespace
option is not provided, the namespace is mirrored to a namespace with the same name in the remote pool.
6.4.5. Disabling namespace mirroring
You can disable Ceph Block Device mirroring on namespaces.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
-
Any mirror enabled images in the namespace must be explicitly disabled before disabling mirroring on the namespace if configured in
image
mode.
Procedure
Run the following command on both clusters where you want to disable mirroring on a namespace.
Syntax
rbd mirror pool disable POOL_NAME/NAMESPACE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool disable image-pool/namespace-a [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool disable image-pool/namespace-b
To enable a namespace with a different remote namespace, the namespace and the corresponding remote namespace on both clusters must be disabled for mirroring before they can be re-enabled.
6.4.6. Enabling image mirroring
Enable mirroring on the whole pool in image mode on both peer storage clusters.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
Enable mirroring for a specific image within the pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror image enable POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image enable data/image2
This example enables mirroring for the
image2
image in thedata
pool.
Additional Resources
- See the Enabling mirroring on a pool section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.7. Disabling image mirroring
You can disable Ceph Block Device mirroring on images.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster with snapshot-based mirroring configured.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To disable mirroring for a specific image:
Syntax
rbd mirror image disable POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image disable data/image2
This example disables mirroring of the
image2
image in thedata
pool.
Additional Resources
-
See the Configuring Ansible inventory location section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Installation Guide for more details on adding clients to the
cephadm-ansible
inventory.
6.4.8. Image promotion and demotion
You can promote or demote an image in a pool.
Do not force promote non-primary images that are still syncing, because the images will not be valid after the promotion.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster with snapshot-based mirroring configured.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To demote an image to non-primary:
Syntax
rbd mirror image demote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image demote data/image2
This example demotes the
image2
image in thedata
pool.To promote an image to primary:
Syntax
rbd mirror image promote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote data/image2
This example promotes
image2
in thedata
pool.Depending on which type of mirroring you are using, see either Recover from a disaster with one-way mirroring or Recover from a disaster with two-way mirroring for details.
Syntax
rbd mirror image promote --force POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote --force data/image2
Use forced promotion when the demotion cannot be propagated to the peer Ceph storage cluster. For example, because of cluster failure or communication outage.
Additional Resources
- See the Failover after a non-orderly shutdown section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.9. Image resynchronization
You can re-synchronize an image. In case of an inconsistent state between the two peer clusters, the rbd-mirror
daemon does not attempt to mirror the image that is causing the inconsistency.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster with snapshot-based mirroring configured.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To request a re-synchronization to the primary image:
Syntax
rbd mirror image resync POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image resync data/image2
This example requests resynchronization of
image2
in thedata
pool.
Additional Resources
- To recover from an inconsistent state because of a disaster, see either Recover from a disaster with one-way mirroring or Recover from a disaster with two-way mirroring for details.
6.4.10. Adding a storage cluster peer
Add a storage cluster peer for the rbd-mirror
daemon to discover its peer storage cluster. For example, to add the site-a
storage cluster as a peer to the site-b
storage cluster, then follow this procedure from the client node in the site-b
storage cluster.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
Register the peer to the pool:
Syntax
rbd --cluster CLUSTER_NAME mirror pool peer add POOL_NAME PEER_CLIENT_NAME@PEER_CLUSTER_NAME -n CLIENT_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd --cluster site-b mirror pool peer add data client.site-a@site-a -n client.site-b
6.4.11. Removing a storage cluster peer
Remove a storage cluster peer by specifying the peer UUID.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
Specify the pool name and the peer Universally Unique Identifier (UUID).
Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer remove POOL_NAME PEER_UUID
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool peer remove data 7e90b4ce-e36d-4f07-8cbc-42050896825d
TipTo view the peer UUID, use the
rbd mirror pool info
command.
6.4.12. Getting mirroring status for a pool
You can get the mirror status for a pool on the storage clusters.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster with snapshot-based mirroring configured.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To get the mirroring pool summary:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool status POOL_NAME
Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror pool status data health: OK daemon health: OK image health: OK images: 1 total 1 replaying
TipTo output status details for every mirroring image in a pool, use the
--verbose
option.
6.4.13. Getting mirroring status for a single image
You can get the mirror status for an image by running the mirror image status
command.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster with snapshot-based mirroring configured.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To get the status of a mirrored image:
Syntax
rbd mirror image status POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image2 image2: global_id: 1e3422a2-433e-4316-9e43-1827f8dbe0ef state: up+unknown description: remote image is non-primary service: pluto008.yuoosv on pluto008 last_update: 2021-10-06 09:37:58
This example gets the status of the
image2
image in thedata
pool.
6.4.14. Delaying block device replication
Whether you are using one- or two-way replication, you can delay replication between RADOS Block Device (RBD) mirroring images. You might want to implement delayed replication if you want a window of cushion time in case an unwanted change to the primary image needs to be reverted before being replicated to the secondary image.
Delaying block device replication is only applicable with journal-based mirroring.
To implement delayed replication, the rbd-mirror
daemon within the destination storage cluster should set the rbd_mirroring_replay_delay = MINIMUM_DELAY_IN_SECONDS
configuration option. This setting can either be applied globally within the ceph.conf
file utilized by the rbd-mirror
daemons, or on an individual image basis.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
To utilize delayed replication for a specific image, on the primary image, run the following
rbd
CLI command:Syntax
rbd image-meta set POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME conf_rbd_mirroring_replay_delay MINIMUM_DELAY_IN_SECONDS
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd image-meta set vms/vm-1 conf_rbd_mirroring_replay_delay 600
This example sets a 10 minute minimum replication delay on image
vm-1
in thevms
pool.
6.4.15. Converting journal-based mirroring to snapshot-based mirrorring
You can convert journal-based mirroring to snapshot-based mirroring by disabling mirroring and enabling snapshot.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
Log into the Cephadm shell:
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# cephadm shell
Disable mirroring for a specific image within the pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror image disable POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client /]# rbd mirror image disable mirror_pool/mirror_image Mirroring disabled
Enable snapshot-based mirroring for the image:
Syntax
rbd mirror image enable POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME snapshot
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client /]# rbd mirror image enable mirror_pool/mirror_image snapshot Mirroring enabled
This example enables snapshot-based mirroring for the
mirror_image
image in themirror_pool
pool.
6.4.16. Creating an image mirror-snapshot
Create an image mirror-snapshot when it is required to mirror the changed contents of an RBD image when using snapshot-based mirroring.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the Ceph client nodes for the Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
- Access to the Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster where a snapshot mirror will be created.
By default, a maximum of 5 image mirror-snapshots are retained. The most recent image mirror-snapshot is automatically removed if the limit is reached. If required, the limit can be overridden through the rbd_mirroring_max_mirroring_snapshots
configuration. Image mirror-snapshots are automatically deleted when the image is removed or when mirroring is disabled.
Procedure
To create an image-mirror snapshot:
Syntax
rbd --cluster CLUSTER_NAME mirror image snapshot POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror image snapshot data/image1
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.17. Scheduling mirror-snapshots
Mirror-snapshots can be automatically created when mirror-snapshot schedules are defined. The mirror-snapshot can be scheduled globally, per-pool or per-image levels. Multiple mirror-snapshot schedules can be defined at any level but only the most specific snapshot schedules that match an individual mirrored image will run.
6.4.17.1. Creating a mirror-snapshot schedule
You can create a mirror-snapshot schedule using the snapshot schedule
command.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the Ceph client nodes for the Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
- Access to the Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster where the mirror image needs to be scheduled.
Procedure
To create a mirror-snapshot schedule:
Syntax
rbd --cluster CLUSTER_NAME mirror snapshot schedule add --pool POOL_NAME --image IMAGE_NAME INTERVAL [START_TIME]
The CLUSTER_NAME should be used only when the cluster name is different from the default name
ceph
. The interval can be specified in days, hours, or minutes using d, h, or m suffix respectively. The optional START_TIME can be specified using the ISO 8601 time format.Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror snapshot schedule add --pool data --image image1 6h
Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror snapshot schedule add --pool data --image image1 24h 14:00:00-05:00
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.17.2. Listing all snapshot schedules at a specific level
You can list all snapshot schedules at a specific level.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the Ceph client nodes for the Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
- Access to the Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster where the mirror image needs to be scheduled.
Procedure
To list all snapshot schedules for a specific global, pool or image level, with an optional pool or image name:
Syntax
rbd --cluster site-a mirror snapshot schedule ls --pool POOL_NAME --recursive
Additionally, the
--recursive
option can be specified to list all schedules at the specified level as shown below:Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror snapshot schedule ls --pool data --recursive POOL NAMESPACE IMAGE SCHEDULE data - - every 1d starting at 14:00:00-05:00 data - image1 every 6h
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.17.3. Removing a mirror-snapshot schedule
You can remove a mirror-snapshot schedule using the snapshot schedule remove
command.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the Ceph client nodes for the Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
- Access to the Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster where the mirror image needs to be scheduled.
Procedure
To remove a mirror-snapshot schedule:
Syntax
rbd --cluster CLUSTER_NAME mirror snapshot schedule remove --pool POOL_NAME --image IMAGE_NAME INTERVAL START_TIME
The interval can be specified in days, hours, or minutes using d, h, m suffix respectively. The optional START_TIME can be specified using the ISO 8601 time format.
Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror snapshot schedule remove --pool data --image image1 6h
Example
[root@site-a ~]# rbd mirror snapshot schedule remove --pool data --image image1 24h 14:00:00-05:00
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.4.17.4. Viewing the status for the next snapshots to be created
You can view the status for the next snapshots to be created for snapshot-based mirroring RBD images.
Prerequisites
- A minimum of two healthy running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the Ceph client nodes for the Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- A CephX user with administrator-level capabilities.
- Access to the Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster where the mirror image needs to be scheduled.
Procedure
To view the status for the next snapshots to be created:
Syntax
rbd --cluster site-a mirror snapshot schedule status [--pool POOL_NAME] [--image IMAGE_NAME]
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror snapshot schedule status SCHEDULE TIME IMAGE 2021-09-21 18:00:00 data/image1
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
6.5. Recover from a disaster
As a storage administrator, you can be prepared for eventual hardware failure by knowing how to recover the data from another storage cluster where mirroring was configured.
In the examples, the primary storage cluster is known as the site-a
, and the secondary storage cluster is known as the site-b
. Additionally, the storage clusters both have a data
pool with two images, image1
and image2
.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- One-way or two-way mirroring was configured.
6.5.1. Disaster recovery
Asynchronous replication of block data between two or more Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters reduces downtime and prevents data loss in the event of a significant data center failure. These failures have a widespread impact, also referred as a large blast radius, and can be caused by impacts to the power grid and natural disasters.
Customer data needs to be protected during these scenarios. Volumes must be replicated with consistency and efficiency and also within Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) targets. This solution is called a Wide Area Network- Disaster Recovery (WAN-DR).
In such scenarios it is hard to restore the primary system and the data center. The quickest way to recover is to failover the applications to an alternate Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster (disaster recovery site) and make the cluster operational with the latest copy of the data available. The solutions that are used to recover from these failure scenarios are guided by the application:
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO): The amount of data loss, an application tolerate in the worst case.
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The time taken to get the application back on line with the latest copy of the data available.
Additional Resources
- See the Mirroring Ceph block devices Chapter in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Block Device Guide for details.
- See the Encryption in transit section in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Data Security and Hardening Guide to know more about data transmission over the wire in an encrypted state.
6.5.2. Recover from a disaster with one-way mirroring
To recover from a disaster when using one-way mirroring use the following procedures. They show how to fail over to the secondary cluster after the primary cluster terminates, and how to fail back. The shutdown can be orderly or non-orderly.
One-way mirroring supports multiple secondary sites. If you are using additional secondary clusters, choose one of the secondary clusters to fail over to. Synchronize from the same cluster during fail back.
6.5.3. Recover from a disaster with two-way mirroring
To recover from a disaster when using two-way mirroring use the following procedures. They show how to fail over to the mirrored data on the secondary cluster after the primary cluster terminates, and how to failback. The shutdown can be orderly or non-orderly.
6.5.4. Failover after an orderly shutdown
Failover to the secondary storage cluster after an orderly shutdown.
Prerequisites
- Minimum of two running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the node.
- Pool mirroring or image mirroring configured with one-way mirroring.
Procedure
- Stop all clients that use the primary image. This step depends on which clients use the image. For example, detach volumes from any OpenStack instances that use the image.
Demote the primary images located on the
site-a
cluster by running the following commands on a monitor node in thesite-a
cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image demote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image demote data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image demote data/image2
Promote the non-primary images located on the
site-b
cluster by running the following commands on a monitor node in thesite-b
cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image promote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote data/image2
After some time, check the status of the images from a monitor node in the
site-b
cluster. They should show a state ofup+stopped
and be listed as primary:[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: 08027096-d267-47f8-b52e-59de1353a034 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2019-04-17 16:04:37 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image2 image2: global_id: 596f41bc-874b-4cd4-aefe-4929578cc834 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2019-04-17 16:04:37
- Resume the access to the images. This step depends on which clients use the image.
Additional Resources
- See the Block Storage and Volumes chapter in the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Storage Guide.
6.5.5. Failover after a non-orderly shutdown
Failover to secondary storage cluster after a non-orderly shutdown.
Prerequisites
- Minimum of two running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the node.
- Pool mirroring or image mirroring configured with one-way mirroring.
Procedure
- Verify that the primary storage cluster is down.
- Stop all clients that use the primary image. This step depends on which clients use the image. For example, detach volumes from any OpenStack instances that use the image.
Promote the non-primary images from a Ceph Monitor node in the
site-b
storage cluster. Use the--force
option, because the demotion cannot be propagated to thesite-a
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image promote --force POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote --force data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote --force data/image2
Check the status of the images from a Ceph Monitor node in the
site-b
storage cluster. They should show a state ofup+stopping_replay
. The description should sayforce promoted
, meaning it is in the intermittent state. Wait until the state comes toup+stopped
to validate the site is successfully promoted.Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: 08027096-d267-47f8-b52e-59de1353a034 state: up+stopping_replay description: force promoted last_update: 2023-04-17 13:25:06 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: 08027096-d267-47f8-b52e-59de1353a034 state: up+stopped description: force promoted last_update: 2023-04-17 13:25:06
Additional Resources
- See the Block Storage and Volumes chapter in the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Storage Guide.
6.5.6. Prepare for fail back
If two storage clusters were originally configured only for one-way mirroring, in order to fail back, configure the primary storage cluster for mirroring in order to replicate the images in the opposite direction.
During failback scenario, the existing peer that is inaccessible must be removed before adding a new peer to an existing cluster.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the client node.
Procedure
Log into the Cephadm shell:
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# cephadm shell
On the
site-a
storage cluster , run the following command:Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client /]# ceph orch apply rbd-mirror --placement=host01
Remove any inaccessible peers.
ImportantThis step must be run on the peer site which is up and running.
NoteMultiple peers are supported only for one way mirroring.
Get the pool UUID:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool info POOL_NAME
Example
[ceph: root@host01 /]# rbd mirror pool info pool_failback
Remove the inaccessible peer:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer remove POOL_NAME PEER_UUID
Example
[ceph: root@host01 /]# rbd mirror pool peer remove pool_failback f055bb88-6253-4041-923d-08c4ecbe799a
Create a block device pool with a name same as its peer mirror pool.
To create an rbd pool, execute the following:
Syntax
ceph osd pool create POOL_NAME PG_NUM ceph osd pool application enable POOL_NAME rbd rbd pool init -p POOL_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# ceph osd pool create pool1 [root@rbd-client ~]# ceph osd pool application enable pool1 rbd [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd pool init -p pool1
On a Ceph client node, bootstrap the storage cluster peers.
Create Ceph user accounts, and register the storage cluster peer to the pool:
Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name LOCAL_SITE_NAME POOL_NAME > PATH_TO_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client-site-a /]# rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name site-a data > /root/bootstrap_token_site-a
NoteThis example bootstrap command creates the
client.rbd-mirror.site-a
and theclient.rbd-mirror-peer
Ceph users.-
Copy the bootstrap token file to the
site-b
storage cluster. Import the bootstrap token on the
site-b
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name LOCAL_SITE_NAME --direction rx-only POOL_NAME PATH_TO_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN
Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client-site-b /]# rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name site-b --direction rx-only data /root/bootstrap_token_site-a
NoteFor one-way RBD mirroring, you must use the
--direction rx-only
argument, as two-way mirroring is the default when bootstrapping peers.
From a monitor node in the
site-a
storage cluster, verify thesite-b
storage cluster was successfully added as a peer:Example
[ceph: root@rbd-client /]# rbd mirror pool info -p data Mode: image Peers: UUID NAME CLIENT d2ae0594-a43b-4c67-a167-a36c646e8643 site-b client.site-b
Additional Resources
- For detailed information, see the User Management chapter in the Red Hat Ceph Storage Administration Guide.
6.5.6.1. Fail back to the primary storage cluster
When the formerly primary storage cluster recovers, fail back to the primary storage cluster.
If you have scheduled snapshots at the image level, then you need to re-add the schedule as image resync operations changes the RBD Image ID and the previous schedule becomes obsolete.
Prerequisites
- Minimum of two running Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters.
- Root-level access to the node.
- Pool mirroring or image mirroring configured with one-way mirroring.
Procedure
Check the status of the images from a monitor node in the
site-b
cluster again. They should show a state ofup-stopped
and the description should saylocal image is primary
:Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: 08027096-d267-47f8-b52e-59de1353a034 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2019-04-22 17:37:48 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image2 image2: global_id: 08027096-d267-47f8-b52e-59de1353a034 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2019-04-22 17:38:18
From a Ceph Monitor node on the
site-a
storage cluster determine if the images are still primary:Syntax
rbd mirror pool info POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd info data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd info data/image2
In the output from the commands, look for
mirroring primary: true
ormirroring primary: false
, to determine the state.Demote any images that are listed as primary by running a command like the following from a Ceph Monitor node in the
site-a
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image demote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image demote data/image1
Resynchronize the images ONLY if there was a non-orderly shutdown. Run the following commands on a monitor node in the
site-a
storage cluster to resynchronize the images fromsite-b
tosite-a
:Syntax
rbd mirror image resync POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image resync data/image1 Flagged image for resync from primary [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image resync data/image2 Flagged image for resync from primary
After some time, ensure resynchronization of the images is complete by verifying they are in the
up+replaying
state. Check their state by running the following commands on a monitor node in thesite-a
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image status POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image2
Demote the images on the
site-b
storage cluster by running the following commands on a Ceph Monitor node in thesite-b
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image demote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image demote data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image demote data/image2
NoteIf there are multiple secondary storage clusters, this only needs to be done from the secondary storage cluster where it was promoted.
Promote the formerly primary images located on the
site-a
storage cluster by running the following commands on a Ceph Monitor node in thesite-a
storage cluster:Syntax
rbd mirror image promote POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote data/image1 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image promote data/image2
Check the status of the images from a Ceph Monitor node in the
site-a
storage cluster. They should show a status ofup+stopped
and the description should saylocal image is primary
:Syntax
rbd mirror image status POOL_NAME/IMAGE_NAME
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image1 image1: global_id: 08027096-d267-47f8-b52e-59de1353a034 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2019-04-22 11:14:51 [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror image status data/image2 image2: global_id: 596f41bc-874b-4cd4-aefe-4929578cc834 state: up+stopped description: local image is primary last_update: 2019-04-22 11:14:51
6.5.7. Remove two-way mirroring
After fail back is complete, you can remove two-way mirroring and disable the Ceph block device mirroring service.
Prerequisites
- A running Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster.
- Root-level access to the node.
Procedure
Remove the
site-b
storage cluster as a peer from thesite-a
storage cluster:Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# rbd mirror pool peer remove data client.remote@remote --cluster local [root@rbd-client ~]# rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool peer remove data client.site-b@site-b -n client.site-a
Stop and disable the
rbd-mirror
daemon on thesite-a
client:Syntax
systemctl stop ceph-rbd-mirror@CLIENT_ID systemctl disable ceph-rbd-mirror@CLIENT_ID systemctl disable ceph-rbd-mirror.target
Example
[root@rbd-client ~]# systemctl stop ceph-rbd-mirror@site-a [root@rbd-client ~]# systemctl disable ceph-rbd-mirror@site-a [root@rbd-client ~]# systemctl disable ceph-rbd-mirror.target