ceph-volume can be used to create for a existing OSD a new WAL/DB on a faster device without the need to recreate the OSD.
- https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/ceph-volume/lvm/migrate/
- https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/ceph-volume/lvm/newwal/
ceph-volume lvm new-db --osd-id 15 --osd-fsid FSID --target cephdb/cephdb1
--> NameError: name 'get_first_lv' is not defined
this is a bug in ceph-volume v16.2.7 that will be fixed in v16.2.8
[https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/44209](https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/44209)
First create a new Logical Volume on the Device that will hold the new WAL/DB
vgcreate cephdb /dev/sdb
Volume group "cephdb" successfully created
lvcreate -L 100G -n cephdb1 cephdb
Logical volume "cephdb1" created.
Now stop running OSD and if it was deactivated ( cephadm ) then activate it on the host
systemctl stop ceph-FSID@osd.0.service
ceph-volume lvm activate --all --no-systemd
Create new WAL/DB on new Device
ceph-volume lvm new-db --osd-id 0 --osd-fsid OSD-FSID --target cephdb/cephdb1
--> Making new volume at /dev/cephdb/cephdb1 for OSD: 0 (/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0)
Running command: /bin/chown -h ceph:ceph /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0/block.db
Running command: /bin/chown -R ceph:ceph /dev/dm-1
--> New volume attached.
Migrate existing WAL/DB to new Device
ceph-volume lvm migrate --osd-id 0 --osd-fsid OSD-FSID --from data --target cephdb/cephdb1
--> Migrate to existing, Source: ['--devs-source', '/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0/block'] Target: /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0/block.db
--> Migration successful.
Deactivate OSD and start it
ceph-volume lvm deactivate 0
Running command: /bin/umount -v /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0
stderr: umount: /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0 unmounted
systemctl start ceph-FSID@osd.0.service