Description of problem: ======================== [SMB][CTDB]Cephadm Log Displays Warning: "fence_old_ranks: Unsupported" After a successful Samba service deployment, the cephadm log continuously displays the warning: "fence_old_ranks: Unsupported." Note: 1. There are no functional issues observed. 2. The warning keeps appearing in the cephadm log # ceph smb cluster create smb1 user --define_user_pass user1%passwd --placement label:smb --clustering default --public_addrs 10.8.131.254/21 { "resource": { "resource_type": "ceph.smb.cluster", "cluster_id": "smb1", "auth_mode": "user", "intent": "present", "user_group_settings": [ { "source_type": "resource", "ref": "smb1ajycysxa" } ], "placement": { "label": "smb" }, "clustering": "default", "public_addrs": [ { "address": "10.8.131.254/21" } ] }, "state": "created", "additional_results": [ { "resource": { "resource_type": "ceph.smb.usersgroups", "users_groups_id": "smb1ajycysxa", "intent": "present", "values": { "users": [ { "name": "user1", "password": "passwd" } ], "groups": [] }, "linked_to_cluster": "smb1" }, "state": "created", "success": true } ], "success": true } # ceph smb share create smb1 share1 cephfs / --subvolume smb/sv1 { "resource": { "resource_type": "ceph.smb.share", "cluster_id": "smb1", "share_id": "share1", "intent": "present", "name": "share1", "readonly": false, "browseable": true, "cephfs": { "volume": "cephfs", "path": "/", "subvolumegroup": "smb", "subvolume": "sv1", "provider": "samba-vfs" } }, "state": "created", "success": true } # ceph orch ls | grep smb.smb1 smb.smb1 3/3 3s ago 26s label:smb # smbclient -U user1%passwd //10.8.131.254/share1 -c ls . D 0 Thu Feb 13 19:44:56 2025 .. D 0 Thu Feb 13 19:44:56 2025 4633575424 blocks of size 1024. 4633522176 blocks available # ceph log last 100 cephadm 2025-02-17T10:56:01.755596+0000 mgr.argo012.dbhxzr (mgr.11009982) 322 : cephadm [WRN] fence_old_ranks: Unsupported {0: {0: 'smb1.0.0.argo012.napmty'}, 1: {0: 'smb1.1.0.argo013.zvchho'}, 2: {0: 'smb1.2.0.argo014.euxvgo'}} 3 2025-02-17T10:56:09.386343+0000 mgr.argo012.dbhxzr (mgr.11009982) 326 : cephadm [WRN] fence_old_ranks: Unsupported {0: {0: 'smb1.0.0.argo012.napmty'}, 1: {0: 'smb1.1.0.argo013.zvchho'}, 2: {0: 'smb1.2.0.argo014.euxvgo'}} Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ============================================================== 19.2.0-53 How reproducible: =================== Always Steps to Reproduce: ==================== 1.Deploy smb service 2.Check cephadm logs "ceph log last 100 cephadm" Actual results: =============== cephadm log continuously displays the warning: "fence_old_ranks: Unsupported." Expected results: ================== cephadm log should not show any warning