pnn¶

This command displays the PNN of the current node.

xpnn¶

This command displays the PNN of the current node without contacting the CTDB daemon. It parses the nodes file directly, so can produce unexpected output if the nodes file has been edited but has not been reloaded.

status¶

This command shows the current status of all CTDB nodes based on information from the queried node.

Note: If the the queried node is INACTIVE then the status might not be current.

Node status

Generation

Virtual Node Number (VNN) map

Recovery mode

Recovery master

Example

# ctdb status
Number of nodes:4
pnn:0 192.168.2.200       OK (THIS NODE)
pnn:1 192.168.2.201       OK
pnn:2 192.168.2.202       OK
pnn:3 192.168.2.203       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
	

nodestatus [PNN-LIST]¶

This command is similar to the status command. It displays the "node status" subset of output. The main differences are:

A common invocation in scripts is ctdb nodestatus all to check whether all nodes in a cluster are healthy.

Example

# ctdb nodestatus
pnn:0 10.0.0.30        OK (THIS NODE)
# ctdb nodestatus all
Number of nodes:2
pnn:0 10.0.0.30        OK (THIS NODE)
pnn:1 10.0.0.31        OK
	

recmaster¶

This command shows the pnn of the node which is currently the recmaster.

Note: If the the queried node is INACTIVE then the status might not be current.

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
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
192.168.2.200
192.168.2.201
192.168.2.202
192.168.2.203
	

natgwlist¶

Show the current NAT gateway master and the status of all nodes in the current NAT gateway group. See the NAT GATEWAY section in ctdb(7) for more details.

Example

# ctdb natgwlist
0 192.168.2.200
Number of nodes:4
pnn:0 192.168.2.200       OK (THIS NODE)
pnn:1 192.168.2.201       OK
pnn:2 192.168.2.202       OK
pnn:3 192.168.2.203       OK
	

ping¶

This command will "ping" specified CTDB nodes in the cluster to verify that they are running.

Example

# ctdb ping -n all
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
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
# ctdb ifaces -Y
:Name:LinkStatus:References:
:eth5:1:2
:eth4:0:0
:eth3:1:1
:eth2:1:1
	

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
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]
# ctdb ip -Y
: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
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
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'.

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
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
	

getvar NAME¶

Get the runtime value of a tuneable variable.

Example

# ctdb getvar MaxRedirectCount
MaxRedirectCount    = 3
	

setvar NAME VALUE¶

Set the runtime value of a tuneable variable.

Example: ctdb setvar MaxRedirectCount 5

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. See the CAPABILITIES section in ctdb(7) for more details.

Example output:

RECMASTER: YES
LMASTER: YES
LVS: NO
NATGW: YES


      

statistics¶

Collect statistics from the CTDB daemon about how many calls it has served.

Example

# ctdb statistics
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

dbstatistics DB¶

Display statistics about the database DB.

Example

# ctdb dbstatistics locking.tdb
DB Statistics: locking.tdb


 ro_delegations                     0


 ro_revokes                         0


 locks


     total                      14356


     failed                         0


     current                        0


     pending                        0


 hop_count_buckets: 28087 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


 lock_buckets: 0 14188 38 76 32 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


 locks_latency      MIN/AVG/MAX     0.001066/0.012686/4.202292 sec out of 14356


 Num Hot Keys:     1


     Count:8 Key:ff5bd7cb3ee3822edc1f0000000000000000000000000000
	

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 IPADDR/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 IPADDR¶

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 IPADDR PNN¶

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.

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"

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..

reloadips [PNN-LIST]¶

This command reloads the public addresses configuration file on the specified nodes. When it completes addresses will be reconfigured and reassigned across the cluster as necessary.

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
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
# ctdb getdbmap  # example for unhealthy database
Number of databases:1
dbid:0xb775fff6 name:secrets.tdb path:/var/ctdb/persistent/secrets.tdb.0 PERSISTENT UNHEALTHY
# ctdb -Y getdbmap
:ID:Name:Path:Persistent:Unhealthy:
:0x7bbbd26c:passdb.tdb:/var/ctdb/persistent/passdb.tdb.0:1:0:
	

backupdb DB FILE¶

Copy the contents of database DB to FILE. FILE can later be read back using restoredb. This is mainly useful for backing up persistent databases such as secrets.tdb and similar.

restoredb FILE [DB]¶

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.

getlog [LEVEL] [recoverd]¶

In addition to the normal logging to a log file, CTDB 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. The level is not specified it defaults to NOTICE.

By default, logs are extracted from the main CTDB daemon. If the recoverd option is given then logs are extracted from the recovery daemon.

clearlog [recoverd]¶

This command clears the in-memory logging ringbuffer.

By default, logs are cleared in the main CTDB daemon. If the recoverd option is given then logs are cleared in the recovery daemon.

setdbreadonly DB¶

This command will enable the read-only record support for a database. This is an experimental feature to improve performance for contended records primarily in locking.tdb and brlock.tdb. When enabling this feature you must set it on all nodes in the cluster.

setdbsticky DB¶

This command will enable the sticky record support for the specified database. This is an experimental feature to improve performance for contended records primarily in locking.tdb and brlock.tdb. When enabling this feature you must set it on all nodes in the cluster.

gettickles IPADDR¶

Show TCP connections that are registered with CTDB to be "tickled" if there is a failover.

gratiousarp IPADDR INTERFACE¶

Send out a gratious ARP for the specified interface through the specified interface. This command is mainly used by the ctdb eventscripts.

killtcp¶

Read a list of TCP connections, one per line, from standard input and terminate each connection. A connection is specified as:

	SRC-IPADDR:SRC-PORT DST-IPADDR:DST-PORT


      

Each connection is terminated by issuing a TCP RST to the SRC-IPADDR:SRC-PORT endpoint.

A single connection can be specified on the command-line rather than on standard input.

pdelete DB KEY¶

Delete KEY from DB.

pfetch DB KEY¶

Print the value associated with KEY in DB.

pstore DB KEY FILE¶

Store KEY in DB with contents of FILE as the associated value.

ptrans DB [FILE]¶

Read a list of key-value pairs, one per line from FILE, and store them in DB using a single transaction. An empty value is equivalent to deleting the given key.

The key and value should be separated by spaces or tabs. Each key/value should be a printable string enclosed in double-quotes.

runstate [setup|first_recovery|startup|running]¶

Print the runstate of the specified node. Runstates are used to serialise important state transitions in CTDB, particularly during startup.

If one or more optional runstate arguments are specified then the node must be in one of these runstates for the command to succeed.

Example

# ctdb runstate
RUNNING
	

setifacelink IFACE up|down¶

Set the internal state of network interface IFACE. This is typically used in the 10.interface script in the "monitor" event.

Example: ctdb setifacelink eth0 up

setnatgwstate on|off¶

Enable or disable the NAT gateway master capability on a node.

tickle SRC-IPADDR:SRC-PORT DST-IPADDR:DST-PORT¶

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.

version¶

Display the CTDB version.

OPTIONS¶

--print-emptyrecords

--print-datasize

--print-lmaster

--print-hash

--print-recordflags

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.

getdbstatus DB¶

This command displays more details about a database.

Example

# ctdb getdbstatus test.tdb.0
dbid: 0x122224da
name: test.tdb
path: /var/ctdb/test.tdb.0
PERSISTENT: no
HEALTH: OK
# ctdb getdbstatus registry.tdb  # with a corrupted TDB
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 DB¶

Print a dump of the clustered TDB database DB.

cattdb DB¶

Print a dump of the contents of the local TDB database DB.

dumpdbbackup FILE¶

Print a dump of the contents from database backup FILE, similar to catdb.

wipedb DB¶

Remove all contents of database DB.

recover¶

This command will trigger the recovery daemon to do a cluster recovery.

ipreallocate, sync¶

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.

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¶

Administratively ban a node for BANTIME seconds. The node will be unbanned after BANTIME seconds have elapsed.

A banned node does not participate in the cluster. It does not host any records for the clustered TDB and does not host any public IP addresses.

Nodes are automatically banned if they misbehave. For example, a node may be banned if it causes too many cluster recoveries.

To administratively exclude a node from a cluster use the stop command.

unban¶

This command is used to unban a node that has either been administratively banned using the ban command or has been automatically banned.

rebalancenode [PNN-LIST]¶

This command marks the given nodes as rebalance targets in the LCP2 IP allocation algorithm. The reloadips command will do this as necessary so this command should not be needed.

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
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
	

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.

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.