CTDB(1) CTDB - clustered TDB database CTDB(1)
NAME
ctdb - clustered tdb database management utility
SYNOPSIS
ctdb [ OPTIONS ] COMMAND ...
ctdb [-n <node>] [-Y] [-t <timeout>] [-T <timelimit>] [-? --help] [--usage] [-d --debug=<INTEGER>] [--socket=<filename>]
[--print-emptyrecords] [--print-datasize] [--print-lmaster] [--print-hash] [--print-recordflags]
DESCRIPTION
ctdb is a utility to view and manage a ctdb cluster.
OPTIONS
-n <pnn>
This specifies the physical node number on which to execute the command. Default is to run the command on the daemon running on the
local host.
The physical node number is an integer that describes the node in the cluster. The first node has physical node number 0.
-Y
Produce output in machine readable form for easier parsing by scripts. Not all commands support this option.
-t <timeout>
How long should ctdb wait for the local ctdb daemon to respond to a command before timing out. Default is 3 seconds.
-T <timelimit>
A limit on how long the ctdb command will run for before it will be aborted. When this timelimit has been exceeded the ctdb command
will terminate.
-? --help
Print some help text to the screen.
--usage
Print useage information to the screen.
-d --debug=<debuglevel>
Change the debug level for the command. Default is 0.
--socket=<filename>
Specify the socketname to use when connecting to the local ctdb daemon. The default is /tmp/ctdb.socket .
You only need to specify this parameter if you run multiple ctdb daemons on the same physical host and thus can not use the default
name for the domain socket.
--print-emptyrecords
This enables printing of empty records when dumping databases with the catdb, cattbd and dumpdbbackup commands. Records with empty data
segment are considered deleted by ctdb and cleaned by the vacuuming mechanism, so this switch can come in handy for debugging the
vacuuming behaviour.
--print-datasize
This lets database dumps (catdb, cattdb, dumpdbbackup) print the size of the record data instead of dumping the data contents.
--print-lmaster
This lets catdb print the lmaster for each record.
--print-hash
This lets database dumps (catdb, cattdb, dumpdbbackup) print the hash for each record.
--print-recordflags
This lets catdb and dumpdbbackup print the record flags for each record. Note that cattdb always prints the flags.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDS
These are commands used to monitor and administrate a CTDB cluster.
pnn
This command displays the pnn of the current node.
status
This command shows the current status of the ctdb node.
node status
Node status reflects the current status of the node. There are five possible states:
OK - This node is fully functional.
DISCONNECTED - This node could not be connected through the network and is currently not participating in the cluster. If there is a
public IP address associated with this node it should have been taken over by a different node. No services are running on this node.
DISABLED - This node has been administratively disabled. This node is still functional and participates in the CTDB cluster but its IP
addresses have been taken over by a different node and no services are currently being hosted.
UNHEALTHY - A service provided by this node is malfunctioning and should be investigated. The CTDB daemon itself is operational and
participates in the cluster. Its public IP address has been taken over by a different node and no services are currnetly being hosted.
All unhealthy nodes should be investigated and require an administrative action to rectify.
BANNED - This node failed too many recovery attempts and has been banned from participating in the cluster for a period of
RecoveryBanPeriod seconds. Any public IP address has been taken over by other nodes. This node does not provide any services. All
banned nodes should be investigated and require an administrative action to rectify. This node does not perticipate in the CTDB cluster
but can still be communicated with. I.e. ctdb commands can be sent to it.
STOPPED - A node that is stopped does not host any public ip addresses, nor is it part of the VNNMAP. A stopped node can not become
LVSMASTER, RECMASTER or NATGW. This node does not perticipate in the CTDB cluster but can still be communicated with. I.e. ctdb
commands can be sent to it.
PARTIALLYONLINE - A node that is partially online participates in a cluster like a node that is ok. Some interfaces to serve public ip
addresses are down, but at least one interface is up. See also "ctdb ifaces".
generation
The generation id is a number that indicates the current generation of a cluster instance. Each time a cluster goes through a
reconfiguration or a recovery its generation id will be changed.
This number does not have any particular meaning other than to keep track of when a cluster has gone through a recovery. It is a random
number that represents the current instance of a ctdb cluster and its databases. CTDBD uses this number internally to be able to tell
when commands to operate on the cluster and the databases was issued in a different generation of the cluster, to ensure that commands
that operate on the databases will not survive across a cluster database recovery. After a recovery, all old outstanding commands will
automatically become invalid.
Sometimes this number will be shown as "INVALID". This only means that the ctdbd daemon has started but it has not yet merged with the
cluster through a recovery. All nodes start with generation "INVALID" and are not assigned a real generation id until they have
successfully been merged with a cluster through a recovery.
VNNMAP
The list of Virtual Node Numbers. This is a list of all nodes that actively participates in the cluster and that share the workload of
hosting the Clustered TDB database records. Only nodes that are participating in the vnnmap can become lmaster or dmaster for a
database record.
Recovery mode
This is the current recovery mode of the cluster. There are two possible modes:
NORMAL - The cluster is fully operational.
RECOVERY - The cluster databases have all been frozen, pausing all services while the cluster awaits a recovery process to complete. A
recovery process should finish within seconds. If a cluster is stuck in the RECOVERY state this would indicate a cluster malfunction
which needs to be investigated.
Once the recovery master detects an inconsistency, for example a node becomes disconnected/connected, the recovery daemon will trigger
a cluster recovery process, where all databases are remerged across the cluster. When this process starts, the recovery master will
first "freeze" all databases to prevent applications such as samba from accessing the databases and it will also mark the recovery mode
as RECOVERY.
When CTDBD starts up, it will start in RECOVERY mode. Once the node has been merged into a cluster and all databases have been
recovered, the node mode will change into NORMAL mode and the databases will be "thawed", allowing samba to access the databases again.
Recovery master
This is the cluster node that is currently designated as the recovery master. This node is responsible of monitoring the consistency of
the cluster and to perform the actual recovery process when reqired.
Only one node at a time can be the designated recovery master. Which node is designated the recovery master is decided by an election
process in the recovery daemons running on each node.
Example: ctdb status
Example output:
Number of nodes:4
pnn:0 11.1.2.200 OK (THIS NODE)
pnn:1 11.1.2.201 OK
pnn:2 11.1.2.202 OK
pnn:3 11.1.2.203 OK
Generation:1362079228
Size:4
hash:0 lmaster:0
hash:1 lmaster:1
hash:2 lmaster:2
hash:3 lmaster:3
Recovery mode:NORMAL (0)
Recovery master:0
recmaster
This command shows the pnn of the node which is currently the recmaster.
uptime
This command shows the uptime for the ctdb daemon. When the last recovery or ip-failover completed and how long it took. If the "duration"
is shown as a negative number, this indicates that there is a recovery/failover in progress and it started that many seconds ago.
Example: ctdb uptime
Example output:
Current time of node : Thu Oct 29 10:38:54 2009
Ctdbd start time : (000 16:54:28) Wed Oct 28 17:44:26 2009
Time of last recovery/failover: (000 16:53:31) Wed Oct 28 17:45:23 2009
Duration of last recovery/failover: 2.248552 seconds
listnodes
This command shows lists the ip addresses of all the nodes in the cluster.
Example: ctdb listnodes
Example output:
10.0.0.71
10.0.0.72
10.0.0.73
10.0.0.74
ping
This command will "ping" all CTDB daemons in the cluster to verify that they are processing commands correctly.
Example: ctdb ping
Example output:
response from 0 time=0.000054 sec (3 clients)
response from 1 time=0.000144 sec (2 clients)
response from 2 time=0.000105 sec (2 clients)
response from 3 time=0.000114 sec (2 clients)
ifaces
This command will display the list of network interfaces, which could host public addresses, along with their status.
Example: ctdb ifaces
Example output:
Interfaces on node 0
name:eth5 link:up references:2
name:eth4 link:down references:0
name:eth3 link:up references:1
name:eth2 link:up references:1
Example: ctdb ifaces -Y
Example output:
:Name:LinkStatus:References:
:eth5:1:2
:eth4:0:0
:eth3:1:1
:eth2:1:1
setifacelink <iface> <status>
This command will set the status of a network interface. The status needs to be "up" or "down". This is typically used in the 10.interfaces
script in the "monitor" event.
Example: ctdb setifacelink eth0 up
ip
This command will display the list of public addresses that are provided by the cluster and which physical node is currently serving this
ip. By default this command will ONLY show those public addresses that are known to the node itself. To see the full list of all public ips
across the cluster you must use "ctdb ip -n all".
Example: ctdb ip
Example output:
Public IPs on node 0
172.31.91.82 node[1] active[] available[eth2,eth3] configured[eth2,eth3]
172.31.91.83 node[0] active[eth3] available[eth2,eth3] configured[eth2,eth3]
172.31.91.84 node[1] active[] available[eth2,eth3] configured[eth2,eth3]
172.31.91.85 node[0] active[eth2] available[eth2,eth3] configured[eth2,eth3]
172.31.92.82 node[1] active[] available[eth5] configured[eth4,eth5]
172.31.92.83 node[0] active[eth5] available[eth5] configured[eth4,eth5]
172.31.92.84 node[1] active[] available[eth5] configured[eth4,eth5]
172.31.92.85 node[0] active[eth5] available[eth5] configured[eth4,eth5]
Example: ctdb ip -Y
Example output:
:Public IP:Node:ActiveInterface:AvailableInterfaces:ConfiguredInterfaces:
:172.31.91.82:1::eth2,eth3:eth2,eth3:
:172.31.91.83:0:eth3:eth2,eth3:eth2,eth3:
:172.31.91.84:1::eth2,eth3:eth2,eth3:
:172.31.91.85:0:eth2:eth2,eth3:eth2,eth3:
:172.31.92.82:1::eth5:eth4,eth5:
:172.31.92.83:0:eth5:eth5:eth4,eth5:
:172.31.92.84:1::eth5:eth4,eth5:
:172.31.92.85:0:eth5:eth5:eth4,eth5:
ipinfo <ip>
This command will display details about the specified public addresses.
Example: ctdb ipinfo 172.31.92.85
Example output:
Public IP[172.31.92.85] info on node 0
IP:172.31.92.85
CurrentNode:0
NumInterfaces:2
Interface[1]: Name:eth4 Link:down References:0
Interface[2]: Name:eth5 Link:up References:2 (active)
scriptstatus
This command displays which scripts where run in the previous monitoring cycle and the result of each script. If a script failed with an
error, causing the node to become unhealthy, the output from that script is also shown.
Example: ctdb scriptstatus
Example output:
7 scripts were executed last monitoring cycle
00.ctdb Status:OK Duration:0.056 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
10.interface Status:OK Duration:0.077 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
11.natgw Status:OK Duration:0.039 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
20.multipathd Status:OK Duration:0.038 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
31.clamd Status:DISABLED
40.vsftpd Status:OK Duration:0.045 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
41.httpd Status:OK Duration:0.039 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
50.samba Status:ERROR Duration:0.082 Tue Mar 24 18:56:57 2009
OUTPUT:ERROR: Samba tcp port 445 is not responding
disablescript <script>
This command is used to disable an eventscript.
This will take effect the next time the eventscripts are being executed so it can take a short while until this is reflected in
'scriptstatus'.
enablescript <script>
This command is used to enable an eventscript.
This will take effect the next time the eventscripts are being executed so it can take a short while until this is reflected in
'scriptstatus'.
getvar <name>
Get the runtime value of a tuneable variable.
Example: ctdb getvar MaxRedirectCount
Example output:
MaxRedirectCount = 3
setvar <name> <value>
Set the runtime value of a tuneable variable.
Example: ctdb setvar MaxRedirectCount 5
listvars
List all tuneable variables, except the values of the obsolete tunables like VacuumMinInterval. The obsolete tunables can be retrieved only
explicitly with the "ctdb getvar" command.
Example: ctdb listvars
Example output:
MaxRedirectCount = 3
SeqnumInterval = 1000
ControlTimeout = 60
TraverseTimeout = 20
KeepaliveInterval = 5
KeepaliveLimit = 5
RecoverTimeout = 20
RecoverInterval = 1
ElectionTimeout = 3
TakeoverTimeout = 9
MonitorInterval = 15
TickleUpdateInterval = 20
EventScriptTimeout = 30
EventScriptTimeoutCount = 1
RecoveryGracePeriod = 120
RecoveryBanPeriod = 300
DatabaseHashSize = 100001
DatabaseMaxDead = 5
RerecoveryTimeout = 10
EnableBans = 1
DeterministicIPs = 0
LCP2PublicIPs = 1
ReclockPingPeriod = 60
NoIPFailback = 0
DisableIPFailover = 0
VerboseMemoryNames = 0
RecdPingTimeout = 60
RecdFailCount = 10
LogLatencyMs = 0
RecLockLatencyMs = 1000
RecoveryDropAllIPs = 120
VerifyRecoveryLock = 1
VacuumInterval = 10
VacuumMaxRunTime = 30
RepackLimit = 10000
VacuumLimit = 5000
VacuumFastPathCount = 60
MaxQueueDropMsg = 1000000
UseStatusEvents = 0
AllowUnhealthyDBRead = 0
StatHistoryInterval = 1
DeferredAttachTO = 120
AllowClientDBAttach = 1
RecoverPDBBySeqNum = 0
lvsmaster
This command shows which node is currently the LVSMASTER. The LVSMASTER is the node in the cluster which drives the LVS system and which
receives all incoming traffic from clients.
LVS is the mode where the entire CTDB/Samba cluster uses a single ip address for the entire cluster. In this mode all clients connect to
one specific node which will then multiplex/loadbalance the clients evenly onto the other nodes in the cluster. This is an alternative to
using public ip addresses. See the manpage for ctdbd for more information about LVS.
lvs
This command shows which nodes in the cluster are currently active in the LVS configuration. I.e. which nodes we are currently
loadbalancing the single ip address across.
LVS will by default only loadbalance across those nodes that are both LVS capable and also HEALTHY. Except if all nodes are UNHEALTHY in
which case LVS will loadbalance across all UNHEALTHY nodes as well. LVS will never use nodes that are DISCONNECTED, STOPPED, BANNED or
DISABLED.
Example output:
2:10.0.0.13
3:10.0.0.14
getcapabilities
This command shows the capabilities of the current node. Please see manpage for ctdbd for a full list of all capabilities and more detailed
description.
RECMASTER and LMASTER capabilities are primarily used when CTDBD is used to create a cluster spanning across WAN links. In which case ctdbd
acts as a WAN accelerator.
LVS capabile means that the node is participating in LVS, a mode where the entire CTDB cluster uses one single ip address for the entire
cluster instead of using public ip address failover. This is an alternative to using a loadbalancing layer-4 switch.
Example output:
RECMASTER: YES
LMASTER: YES
LVS: NO
statistics
Collect statistics from the CTDB daemon about how many calls it has served.
Example: ctdb statistics
Example output:
CTDB version 1
num_clients 3
frozen 0
recovering 0
client_packets_sent 360489
client_packets_recv 360466
node_packets_sent 480931
node_packets_recv 240120
keepalive_packets_sent 4
keepalive_packets_recv 3
node
req_call 2
reply_call 2
req_dmaster 0
reply_dmaster 0
reply_error 0
req_message 42
req_control 120408
reply_control 360439
client
req_call 2
req_message 24
req_control 360440
timeouts
call 0
control 0
traverse 0
total_calls 2
pending_calls 0
lockwait_calls 0
pending_lockwait_calls 0
memory_used 5040
max_hop_count 0
max_call_latency 4.948321 sec
max_lockwait_latency 0.000000 sec
statisticsreset
This command is used to clear all statistics counters in a node.
Example: ctdb statisticsreset
getreclock
This command is used to show the filename of the reclock file that is used.
Example output:
Reclock file:/gpfs/.ctdb/shared
setreclock [filename]
This command is used to modify, or clear, the file that is used as the reclock file at runtime. When this command is used, the reclock file
checks are disabled. To re-enable the checks the administrator needs to activate the "VerifyRecoveryLock" tunable using "ctdb setvar".
If run with no parameter this will remove the reclock file completely. If run with a parameter the parameter specifies the new filename to
use for the recovery lock.
This command only affects the runtime settings of a ctdb node and will be lost when ctdb is restarted. For persistent changes to the
reclock file setting you must edit /etc/sysconfig/ctdb.
getdebug
Get the current debug level for the node. the debug level controls what information is written to the log file.
The debug levels are mapped to the corresponding syslog levels. When a debug level is set, only those messages at that level and higher
levels will be printed.
The list of debug levels from highest to lowest are :
EMERG ALERT CRIT ERR WARNING NOTICE INFO DEBUG
setdebug <debuglevel>
Set the debug level of a node. This controls what information will be logged.
The debuglevel is one of EMERG ALERT CRIT ERR WARNING NOTICE INFO DEBUG
getpid
This command will return the process id of the ctdb daemon.
disable
This command is used to administratively disable a node in the cluster. A disabled node will still participate in the cluster and host
clustered TDB records but its public ip address has been taken over by a different node and it no longer hosts any services.
enable
Re-enable a node that has been administratively disabled.
stop
This command is used to administratively STOP a node in the cluster. A STOPPED node is connected to the cluster but will not host any
public ip addresse, nor does it participate in the VNNMAP. The difference between a DISABLED node and a STOPPED node is that a STOPPED node
does not host any parts of the database which means that a recovery is required to stop/continue nodes.
continue
Re-start a node that has been administratively stopped.
addip <public_ip/mask> <iface>
This command is used to add a new public ip to a node during runtime. This allows public addresses to be added to a cluster without having
to restart the ctdb daemons.
Note that this only updates the runtime instance of ctdb. Any changes will be lost next time ctdb is restarted and the public addresses
file is re-read. If you want this change to be permanent you must also update the public addresses file manually.
delip <public_ip>
This command is used to remove a public ip from a node during runtime. If this public ip is currently hosted by the node it being removed
from, the ip will first be failed over to another node, if possible, before it is removed.
Note that this only updates the runtime instance of ctdb. Any changes will be lost next time ctdb is restarted and the public addresses
file is re-read. If you want this change to be permanent you must also update the public addresses file manually.
moveip <public_ip> <node>
This command can be used to manually fail a public ip address to a specific node.
In order to manually override the "automatic" distribution of public ip addresses that ctdb normally provides, this command only works when
you have changed the tunables for the daemon to:
DeterministicIPs = 0
NoIPFailback = 1
shutdown
This command will shutdown a specific CTDB daemon.
recover
This command will trigger the recovery daemon to do a cluster recovery.
ipreallocate
This command will force the recovery master to perform a full ip reallocation process and redistribute all ip addresses. This is useful to
"reset" the allocations back to its default state if they have been changed using the "moveip" command. While a "recover" will also perform
this reallocation, a recovery is much more hevyweight since it will also rebuild all the databases.
setlmasterrole <on|off>
This command is used ot enable/disable the LMASTER capability for a node at runtime. This capability determines whether or not a node can
be used as an LMASTER for records in the database. A node that does not have the LMASTER capability will not show up in the vnnmap.
Nodes will by default have this capability, but it can be stripped off nodes by the setting in the sysconfig file or by using this command.
Once this setting has been enabled/disabled, you need to perform a recovery for it to take effect.
See also "ctdb getcapabilities"
setrecmasterrole <on|off>
This command is used ot enable/disable the RECMASTER capability for a node at runtime. This capability determines whether or not a node can
be used as an RECMASTER for the cluster. A node that does not have the RECMASTER capability can not win a recmaster election. A node that
already is the recmaster for the cluster when the capability is stripped off the node will remain the recmaster until the next cluster
election.
Nodes will by default have this capability, but it can be stripped off nodes by the setting in the sysconfig file or by using this command.
See also "ctdb getcapabilities"
killtcp <srcip:port> <dstip:port>
This command will kill the specified TCP connection by issuing a TCP RST to the srcip:port endpoint. This is a command used by the ctdb
eventscripts.
gratiousarp <ip> <interface>
This command will send out a gratious arp for the specified interface through the specified interface. This command is mainly used by the
ctdb eventscripts.
reloadnodes
This command is used when adding new nodes, or removing existing nodes from an existing cluster.
Procedure to add a node:
1, To expand an existing cluster, first ensure with 'ctdb status' that all nodes are up and running and that they are all healthy. Do not
try to expand a cluster unless it is completely healthy!
2, On all nodes, edit /etc/ctdb/nodes and add the new node as the last entry to the file. The new node MUST be added to the end of this
file!
3, Verify that all the nodes have identical /etc/ctdb/nodes files after you edited them and added the new node!
4, Run 'ctdb reloadnodes' to force all nodes to reload the nodesfile.
5, Use 'ctdb status' on all nodes and verify that they now show the additional node.
6, Install and configure the new node and bring it online.
Procedure to remove a node:
1, To remove a node from an existing cluster, first ensure with 'ctdb status' that all nodes, except the node to be deleted, are up and
running and that they are all healthy. Do not try to remove a node from a cluster unless the cluster is completely healthy!
2, Shutdown and poweroff the node to be removed.
3, On all other nodes, edit the /etc/ctdb/nodes file and comment out the node to be removed. Do not delete the line for that node, just
comment it out by adding a '#' at the beginning of the line.
4, Run 'ctdb reloadnodes' to force all nodes to reload the nodesfile.
5, Use 'ctdb status' on all nodes and verify that the deleted node no longer shows up in the list..
tickle <srcip:port> <dstip:port>
This command will will send a TCP tickle to the source host for the specified TCP connection. A TCP tickle is a TCP ACK packet with an
invalid sequence and acknowledge number and will when received by the source host result in it sending an immediate correct ACK back to the
other end.
TCP tickles are useful to "tickle" clients after a IP failover has occured since this will make the client immediately recognize the TCP
connection has been disrupted and that the client will need to reestablish. This greatly speeds up the time it takes for a client to detect
and reestablish after an IP failover in the ctdb cluster.
gettickles <ip>
This command is used to show which TCP connections are registered with CTDB to be "tickled" if there is a failover.
repack [max_freelist]
Over time, when records are created and deleted in a TDB, the TDB list of free space will become fragmented. This can lead to a slowdown in
accessing TDB records. This command is used to defragment a TDB database and pruning the freelist.
If [max_freelist] is specified, then a database will only be repacked if it has more than this number of entries in the freelist.
During repacking of the database, the entire TDB database will be locked to prevent writes. If samba tries to write to a record in the
database during a repack operation, samba will block until the repacking has completed.
This command can be disruptive and can cause samba to block for the duration of the repack operation. In general, a repack operation will
take less than one second to complete.
A repack operation will only defragment the local TDB copy of the CTDB database. You need to run this command on all of the nodes to repack
a CTDB database completely.
Example: ctdb repack 1000
By default, this operation is issued from the 00.ctdb event script every 5 minutes.
vacuum [max_records]
Over time CTDB databases will fill up with empty deleted records which will lead to a progressive slow down of CTDB database access. This
command is used to prune all databases and delete all empty records from the cluster.
By default, vacuum will delete all empty records from all databases. If [max_records] is specified, the command will only delete the first
[max_records] empty records for each database.
Vacuum only deletes records where the local node is the lmaster. To delete all records from the entire cluster you need to run a vacuum
from each node. This command is not disruptive. Samba is unaffected and will still be able to read/write records normally while the
database is being vacuumed.
Example: ctdb vacuum
By default, this operation is issued from the 00.ctdb event script every 5 minutes.
backupdb <dbname> <file>
This command can be used to copy the entire content of a database out to a file. This file can later be read back into ctdb using the
restoredb command. This is mainly useful for backing up persistent databases such as secrets.tdb and similar.
restoredb <file> [<dbname>]
This command restores a persistent database that was previously backed up using backupdb. By default the data will be restored back into
the same database as it was created from. By specifying dbname you can restore the data into a different database.
wipedb <dbname>
This command can be used to remove all content of a database.
getlog <level>
In addition to the normal loggign to a log file, CTDBD also keeps a in-memory ringbuffer containing the most recent log entries for all log
levels (except DEBUG).
This is useful since it allows for keeping continuous logs to a file at a reasonable non-verbose level, but shortly after an incident has
occured, a much more detailed log can be pulled from memory. This can allow you to avoid having to reproduce an issue due to the on-disk
logs being of insufficient detail.
This command extracts all messages of level or lower log level from memory and prints it to the screen.
clearlog
This command clears the in-memory logging ringbuffer.
DEBUGGING COMMANDS
These commands are primarily used for CTDB development and testing and should not be used for normal administration.
process-exists <pid>
This command checks if a specific process exists on the CTDB host. This is mainly used by Samba to check if remote instances of samba are
still running or not.
getdbmap
This command lists all clustered TDB databases that the CTDB daemon has attached to. Some databases are flagged as PERSISTENT, this means
that the database stores data persistently and the data will remain across reboots. One example of such a database is secrets.tdb where
information about how the cluster was joined to the domain is stored.
If a PERSISTENT database is not in a healthy state the database is flagged as UNHEALTHY. If there's at least one completely healthy node
running in the cluster, it's possible that the content is restored by a recovery run automaticly. Otherwise an administrator needs to
analyze the problem.
See also "ctdb getdbstatus", "ctdb backupdb", "ctdb restoredb", "ctdb dumpbackup", "ctdb wipedb", "ctdb setvar AllowUnhealthyDBRead 1" and
(if samba or tdb-utils are installed) "tdbtool check".
Most databases are not persistent and only store the state information that the currently running samba daemons need. These databases are
always wiped when ctdb/samba starts and when a node is rebooted.
Example: ctdb getdbmap
Example output:
Number of databases:10
dbid:0x435d3410 name:notify.tdb path:/var/ctdb/notify.tdb.0
dbid:0x42fe72c5 name:locking.tdb path:/var/ctdb/locking.tdb.0
dbid:0x1421fb78 name:brlock.tdb path:/var/ctdb/brlock.tdb.0
dbid:0x17055d90 name:connections.tdb path:/var/ctdb/connections.tdb.0
dbid:0xc0bdde6a name:sessionid.tdb path:/var/ctdb/sessionid.tdb.0
dbid:0x122224da name:test.tdb path:/var/ctdb/test.tdb.0
dbid:0x2672a57f name:idmap2.tdb path:/var/ctdb/persistent/idmap2.tdb.0 PERSISTENT
dbid:0xb775fff6 name:secrets.tdb path:/var/ctdb/persistent/secrets.tdb.0 PERSISTENT
dbid:0xe98e08b6 name:group_mapping.tdb path:/var/ctdb/persistent/group_mapping.tdb.0 PERSISTENT
dbid:0x7bbbd26c name:passdb.tdb path:/var/ctdb/persistent/passdb.tdb.0 PERSISTENT
Example output for an unhealthy database:
Number of databases:1
dbid:0xb775fff6 name:secrets.tdb path:/var/ctdb/persistent/secrets.tdb.0 PERSISTENT UNHEALTHY
Example output for a healthy database as machinereadable output -Y:
:ID:Name:Path:Persistent:Unhealthy:
:0x7bbbd26c:passdb.tdb:/var/ctdb/persistent/passdb.tdb.0:1:0:
getdbstatus <dbname>
This command displays more details about a database.
Example: ctdb getdbstatus test.tdb.0
Example output:
dbid: 0x122224da
name: test.tdb
path: /var/ctdb/test.tdb.0
PERSISTENT: no
HEALTH: OK
Example: ctdb getdbstatus registry.tdb (with a corrupted TDB)
Example output:
dbid: 0xf2a58948
name: registry.tdb
path: /var/ctdb/persistent/registry.tdb.0
PERSISTENT: yes
HEALTH: NO-HEALTHY-NODES - ERROR - Backup of corrupted TDB in '/var/ctdb/persistent/registry.tdb.0.corrupted.20091208091949.0Z'
catdb <dbname>
This command will dump a clustered TDB database to the screen. This is a debugging command.
cattdb <dbname>
This command will dump the content of the local TDB database to the screen. This is a debugging command.
dumpdbbackup <backup-file>
This command will dump the content of database backup to the screen (similar to ctdb catdb). This is a debugging command.
getmonmode
This command returns the monutoring mode of a node. The monitoring mode is either ACTIVE or DISABLED. Normally a node will continuously
monitor that all other nodes that are expected are in fact connected and that they respond to commands.
ACTIVE - This is the normal mode. The node is actively monitoring all other nodes, both that the transport is connected and also that the
node responds to commands. If a node becomes unavailable, it will be marked as DISCONNECTED and a recovery is initiated to restore the
cluster.
DISABLED - This node is not monitoring that other nodes are available. In this mode a node failure will not be detected and no recovery
will be performed. This mode is useful when for debugging purposes one wants to attach GDB to a ctdb process but wants to prevent the rest
of the cluster from marking this node as DISCONNECTED and do a recovery.
setmonmode <0|1>
This command can be used to explicitly disable/enable monitoring mode on a node. The main purpose is if one wants to attach GDB to a
running ctdb daemon but wants to prevent the other nodes from marking it as DISCONNECTED and issuing a recovery. To do this, set monitoring
mode to 0 on all nodes before attaching with GDB. Remember to set monitoring mode back to 1 afterwards.
attach <dbname> [persistent]
This is a debugging command. This command will make the CTDB daemon create a new CTDB database and attach to it.
dumpmemory
This is a debugging command. This command will make the ctdb daemon to write a fill memory allocation map to standard output.
rddumpmemory
This is a debugging command. This command will dump the talloc memory allocation tree for the recovery daemon to standard output.
thaw
Thaw a previously frozen node.
eventscript <arguments>
This is a debugging command. This command can be used to manually invoke and run the eventscritps with arbitrary arguments.
ban <bantime|0>
Administratively ban a node for bantime seconds. A bantime of 0 means that the node should be permanently banned.
A banned node does not participate in the cluster and does not host any records for the clustered TDB. Its ip address has been taken over
by another node and no services are hosted.
Nodes are automatically banned if they are the cause of too many cluster recoveries.
This is primarily a testing command. Note that the recovery daemon controls the overall ban state and it may automatically unban nodes at
will. Meaning that a node that has been banned by the administrator can and ofter are unbanned before the admin specifid timeout triggers.
If wanting to "drop" a node out from the cluster for mainentance or other reasons, use the "stop" / "continue" commands instad of "ban" /
"unban".
unban
This command is used to unban a node that has either been administratively banned using the ban command or has been automatically banned by
the recovery daemon.
check_srvids <srvid> ...
This command checks whether a set of srvid message ports are registered on the node or not. The command takes a list of values to check.
Example: ctdb check_srvids 1 2 3 14765
Example output:
Server id 0:1 does not exist
Server id 0:2 does not exist
Server id 0:3 does not exist
Server id 0:14765 exists
SEE ALSO
ctdbd(1), onnode(1) http://ctdb.samba.org/
COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 2007
Copyright (C) Ronnie sahlberg 2007
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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