From: Loic Dachary Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 23:18:24 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: preparing a device implies activate X-Git-Tag: v9.0.0~193^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c327fbb9c2aea4c581d72cc1d13639582634b46a;p=ceph.git doc: preparing a device implies activate http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/10922 Fixes: #10922 Signed-off-by: Loic Dachary --- diff --git a/doc/rados/deployment/ceph-deploy-osd.rst b/doc/rados/deployment/ceph-deploy-osd.rst index 6f81401eb006..66054d55a8e6 100644 --- a/doc/rados/deployment/ceph-deploy-osd.rst +++ b/doc/rados/deployment/ceph-deploy-osd.rst @@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ see `List Disks`_ and `Zap Disks`_. :: ceph-deploy osd prepare osdserver1:sdb:/dev/ssd ceph-deploy osd prepare osdserver1:sdc:/dev/ssd -The ``prepare`` command only prepares the OSD. It does not activate it. To -activate a prepared OSD, use the ``activate`` command. See `Activate OSDs`_ -for details. +The ``prepare`` command only prepares the OSD. On most operating +systems, the ``activate`` phase will automatically run when the +partitions are created on the disk (using Ceph ``udev`` rules). If not +use the ``activate`` command. See `Activate OSDs`_ for +details. The foregoing example assumes a disk dedicated to one Ceph OSD Daemon, and a path to an SSD journal partition. We recommend storing the journal on