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MDS States
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The Metadata Server (MDS) goes through several states during normal operation
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in CephFS. For example, some states indicate that the MDS is recovering from a
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failover by a previous instance of the MDS. Here we'll document all of these
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states and include a state diagram to visualize the transitions.
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State Descriptions
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Common states
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up:active
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This is the normal operating state of the MDS. It indicates that the MDS
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and its rank in the file system is available.
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up:standby
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The MDS is available to takeover for a failed rank (see also :ref:`mds-standby`).
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The monitor will automatically assign an MDS in this state to a failed rank
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once available.
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up:standby_replay
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The MDS is following the journal of another ``up:active`` MDS. Should the
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active MDS fail, having a standby MDS in replay mode is desirable as the MDS is
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replaying the live journal and will more quickly takeover. A downside to having
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standby replay MDSs is that they are not available to takeover for any other
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MDS that fails, only the MDS they follow.
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Less common or transitory states
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up:boot
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This state is broadcast to the Ceph monitors during startup. This state is
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never visible as the Monitor immediately assign the MDS to an available rank or
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commands the MDS to operate as a standby. The state is documented here for
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completeness.
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up:creating
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The MDS is creating a new rank (perhaps rank 0) by constructing some per-rank
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metadata (like the journal) and entering the MDS cluster.
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up:starting
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The MDS is restarting a stopped rank. It opens associated per-rank metadata
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and enters the MDS cluster.
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up:stopping
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When a rank is deactivated (stopped), the monitors command an active MDS to
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enter the ``up:stopping`` state. In this state, the MDS accepts no new client
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connections, migrates all subtrees to other ranks in the file system, flush its
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metadata journal, and, if the last rank (0), evict all clients and shutdown
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(see also :ref:`cephfs-administration`).
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up:replay
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The MDS taking over a failed rank. This state represents that the MDS is
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recovering its journal and other metadata.
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up:resolve
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The MDS enters this state from ``up:replay`` if the Ceph file system has
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multiple ranks (including this one), i.e. it's not a single active MDS cluster.
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The MDS is resolving any uncommitted inter-MDS operations. All ranks in the
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file system must be in this state or later for progress to be made, i.e. no
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rank can be failed/damaged or ``up:replay``.
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up:reconnect
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An MDS enters this state from ``up:replay`` or ``up:resolve``. This state is to
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solicit reconnections from clients. Any client which had a session with this
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rank must reconnect during this time, configurable via
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``mds_reconnect_timeout``.
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up:rejoin
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The MDS enters this state from ``up:reconnect``. In this state, the MDS is
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rejoining the MDS cluster cache. In particular, all inter-MDS locks on metadata
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are reestablished.
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If there are no known client requests to be replayed, the MDS directly becomes
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``up:active`` from this state.
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up:clientreplay
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The MDS may enter this state from ``up:rejoin``. The MDS is replaying any
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client requests which were replied to but not yet durable (not journaled).
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Clients resend these requests during ``up:reconnect`` and the requests are
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replayed once again. The MDS enters ``up:active`` after completing replay.
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Failed states
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down:failed
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No MDS actually holds this state. Instead, it is applied to the rank in the file system. For example:
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$ ceph fs dump
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max_mds 1
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in 0
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up {}
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failed 0
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...
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Rank 0 is part of the failed set.
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down:damaged
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No MDS actually holds this state. Instead, it is applied to the rank in the file system. For example:
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$ ceph fs dump
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max_mds 1
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in 0
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up {}
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failed
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damaged 0
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...
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Rank 0 has become damaged (see also :ref:`cephfs-disaster-recovery`) and placed in
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the ``damaged`` set. An MDS which was running as rank 0 found metadata damage
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that could not be automatically recovered. Operator intervention is required.
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down:stopped
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No MDS actually holds this state. Instead, it is applied to the rank in the file system. For example:
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$ ceph fs dump
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max_mds 1
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in 0
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up {}
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failed
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damaged
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stopped 1
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...
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The rank has been stopped by reducing ``max_mds`` (see also :ref:`cephfs-multimds`).
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State Diagram
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This state diagram shows the possible state transitions for the MDS/rank. The legend is as follows:
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Color
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- Green: MDS is active.
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- Orange: MDS is in transient state trying to become active.
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- Red: MDS is indicating a state that causes the rank to be marked failed.
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- Purple: MDS and rank is stopping.
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- Red: MDS is indicating a state that causes the rank to be marked damaged.
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Shape
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- Circle: an MDS holds this state.
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- Hexagon: no MDS holds this state (it is applied to the rank).
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Lines
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- A double-lined shape indicates the rank is "in".
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.. image:: mds-state-diagram.svg
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