``activate``
============
+
Once :ref:`ceph-volume-lvm-prepare` is completed, and all the various steps
that entails are done, the volume is ready to get "activated".
.. note:: The execution of this call is fully idempotent, and there is no
side-effects when running multiple times
+For OSDs deployed by cephadm, please refer to :ref:cephadm-osd-activate:
+instead.
+
New OSDs
--------
To activate newly prepared OSDs both the :term:`OSD id` and :term:`OSD uuid`
Activating all OSDs
-------------------
+
+.. note:: For OSDs deployed by cephadm, please refer to :ref:cephadm-osd-activate:
+ instead.
+
It is possible to activate all existing OSDs at once by using the ``--all``
flag. For example::