From 8f90e41d34b44a56e5fe2c44895ada0903bc1be5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neha Ojha Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:46:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] PendingReleaseNotes: add note about balancer being on by default Signed-off-by: Neha Ojha --- PendingReleaseNotes | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes b/PendingReleaseNotes index db15241d205c7..7a46066e04591 100644 --- a/PendingReleaseNotes +++ b/PendingReleaseNotes @@ -324,3 +324,11 @@ * librbd now inherits the stripe unit and count from its parent image upon creation. This can be overridden by specifying different stripe settings during clone creation. + +* The balancer is now on by default in upmap mode. Since upmap mode requires + ``require_min_compat_client`` luminous, new clusters will only support luminous + and newer clients by default. Existing clusters can enable upmap support by running + ``ceph osd set-require-min-compat-client luminous``. It is still possible to turn + the balancer off using the ``ceph balancer off`` command. In earlier versions, + the balancer was included in the ``always_on_modules`` list, but needed to be + turned on explicitly using the ``ceph balancer on`` command. -- 2.39.5