In this chapter, you learned how to:
Enable or disable Ceph Manager (MGR) modules, and more about the role of the Ceph Manager (MGR).
Use the CLI to find the URL of the Dashboard GUI on the active MGR.
View the status of cluster MONs by using the CLI or the Dashboard GUI.
Monitor cluster health and interpret the cluster health status.
Power down the entire cluster by setting cluster flags to stop background operations, then stopping daemons and nodes in a specific order by function.
Power up the entire cluster by starting nodes and daemons in a specific order by function, then setting cluster flags to enable background operations.
Start, stop, or restart individual cluster daemons and view daemon logs.
Monitor cluster storage by viewing OSD and PG states and capacity.
Identify the PG details for a specific object.
Find and replace a failed OSD.
Add or remove a cluster MON node.
Use the balancer module to optimize the placement of PGs across OSDs.
Click CREATE to build all of the virtual machines needed for the classroom lab environment. This may take several minutes to complete. Once created the environment can then be stopped and restarted to pause your experience.
If you DELETE your lab, you will remove all of the virtual machines in your classroom and lose all of your progress.