Hi Frank, Check the mon logs with some increased debug levels to find out what the leader is busy with. We have a similar issue (though, daily) and it turned out to be related to the mon leader timing out doing a SMART check. See https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/54313 for how I debugged that. Cheers, Dan On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 7:56 AM Frank Schilder <frans@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > our monitors have enjoyed democracy since the beginning. However, I don't share a sudden excitement about voting: > > 2/9/23 4:42:30 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:42:30 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 is new leader, mons ceph-01,ceph-02,ceph-03,ceph-25,ceph-26 in quorum (ranks 0,1,2,3,4) > 2/9/23 4:42:26 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:42:26 PM[INF]mon.ceph-26 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:42:26 PM[INF]mon.ceph-25 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:42:26 PM[INF]mon.ceph-02 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:40:00 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:30:00 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:24:34 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:24:34 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 is new leader, mons ceph-01,ceph-02,ceph-03,ceph-25,ceph-26 in quorum (ranks 0,1,2,3,4) > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-02 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-03 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-26 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-25 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:29 PM[INF]mon.ceph-02 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:24:04 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:24:03 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 is new leader, mons ceph-01,ceph-02,ceph-03,ceph-25,ceph-26 in quorum (ranks 0,1,2,3,4) > 2/9/23 4:23:59 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:23:59 PM[INF]mon.ceph-02 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 4:20:00 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:10:00 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 4:00:00 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 3:50:00 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 3:43:13 PM[INF]overall HEALTH_OK > 2/9/23 3:43:13 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 is new leader, mons ceph-01,ceph-02,ceph-03,ceph-25,ceph-26 in quorum (ranks 0,1,2,3,4) > 2/9/23 3:43:08 PM[INF]mon.ceph-01 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 3:43:08 PM[INF]mon.ceph-26 calling monitor election > 2/9/23 3:43:08 PM[INF]mon.ceph-25 calling monitor election > > We moved a switch from one rack to another and after the switch came beck up, the monitors frequently bitch about who is the alpha. How do I get them to focus more on their daily duties again? > > Thanks for any help! > ================= > Frank Schilder > AIT Risø Campus > Bygning 109, rum S14 > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx