diff --git a/cephfs/admin/mirror_test.go b/cephfs/admin/mirror_test.go
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+package admin
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// sampleOldDaemonStatus1 and sampleOldDaemonStatus2 are examples of the json
+// returned for daemon status before Ceph v16.2.5. It is not used by the tests
+// as the code now only supports the format of v16.2.5 and later. This is
+// retained for reference and the off chance that someone asks go-ceph to
+// support the older format.
+
+var sampleOldDaemonStatus1 = `
+{"4157": {"1": {"name": "cephfs", "directory_count": 0, "peers": {}}}}
+`
+
+var sampleOldDaemonStatus2 = `
+{
+  "4154": {
+    "1": {
+      "name": "cephfs",
+      "directory_count": 1,
+      "peers": {
+        "d284fccd-6110-4e94-843c-78ecda3aef38": {
+          "remote": {"client_name": "client.mirror_remote", "cluster_name": "ceph_b", "fs_name": "cephfs"},
+          "stats": {"failure_count": 1, "recovery_count": 0}
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+`
+
+var sampleDaemonStatus1 = `
+[
+  {
+    "daemon_id": 4115,
+    "filesystems": [
+      {
+        "filesystem_id": 1,
+        "name": "cephfs",
+        "directory_count": 0,
+        "peers": []
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]
+`
+
+var sampleDaemonStatus2 = `
+[
+  {
+    "daemon_id": 4143,
+    "filesystems": [
+      {
+        "filesystem_id": 1,
+        "name": "cephfs",
+        "directory_count": 1,
+        "peers": [
+          {
+            "uuid": "43c50942-9dba-4f66-8f9b-102378fa863e",
+            "remote": {
+              "client_name": "client.mirror_remote",
+              "cluster_name": "ceph_b",
+              "fs_name": "cephfs"
+            },
+            "stats": {
+              "failure_count": 1,
+              "recovery_count": 0
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]
+`
+
+var samplePeerList1 = `
+{
+  "f138660d-7b22-4036-95ba-0fda727bff40": {
+    "client_name": "client.mirror_remote",
+    "site_name": "ceph_b",
+    "fs_name": "cephfs",
+    "mon_host": "test_ceph_b"
+  }
+}
+`
+
+func TestParseDaemonStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse(nil, "", errors.New("snark"))
+		_, err := parseDaemonStatus(r)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "snark", err.Error())
+	})
+	t.Run("statusSet", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse(nil, "oopsie", nil)
+		_, err := parseDaemonStatus(r)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("ok", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse([]byte(sampleDaemonStatus1), "", nil)
+		ds, err := parseDaemonStatus(r)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		if assert.NotNil(t, ds) && assert.Len(t, ds, 1) {
+			dsi := ds[0]
+			assert.Equal(t, DaemonID(4115), dsi.DaemonID)
+			if assert.Len(t, dsi.FileSystems, 1) {
+				fs := dsi.FileSystems[0]
+				assert.Len(t, fs.Peers, 0)
+				assert.Equal(t, "cephfs", fs.Name)
+				assert.Equal(t, int64(0), fs.DirectoryCount)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("ok2", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse([]byte(sampleDaemonStatus2), "", nil)
+		ds, err := parseDaemonStatus(r)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		if assert.NotNil(t, ds) && assert.Len(t, ds, 1) {
+			dsi := ds[0]
+			assert.Equal(t, DaemonID(4143), dsi.DaemonID)
+			if assert.Len(t, dsi.FileSystems, 1) {
+				fs := dsi.FileSystems[0]
+				assert.Equal(t, "cephfs", fs.Name)
+				assert.Equal(t, int64(1), fs.DirectoryCount)
+				if assert.Len(t, fs.Peers, 1) {
+					p := fs.Peers[0]
+					assert.Equal(t, "ceph_b", p.Remote.ClusterName)
+					assert.Equal(t, "cephfs", p.Remote.FSName)
+					assert.Equal(t, uint64(1), p.Stats.FailureCount)
+					assert.Equal(t, uint64(0), p.Stats.RecoveryCount)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestParsePeerList(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse(nil, "", errors.New("snark"))
+		_, err := parsePeerList(r)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "snark", err.Error())
+	})
+	t.Run("statusSet", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse(nil, "oopsie", nil)
+		_, err := parsePeerList(r)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("ok", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := newResponse([]byte(samplePeerList1), "", nil)
+		plr, err := parsePeerList(r)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		if assert.NotNil(t, plr) && assert.Len(t, plr, 1) {
+			p, ok := plr[PeerUUID("f138660d-7b22-4036-95ba-0fda727bff40")]
+			assert.True(t, ok)
+			assert.Equal(t, "client.mirror_remote", p.ClientName)
+			assert.Equal(t, "ceph_b", p.SiteName)
+			assert.Equal(t, "cephfs", p.FSName)
+			assert.Equal(t, "test_ceph_b", p.MonHost)
+		}
+	})
+}