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Bug 2404331

Summary:	[9.0] Bootstrap fails with error Failed to set orch backend to cephadm: maximum retries reached
Product:	[Red Hat Storage] Red Hat Ceph Storage	Reporter:	Vinayak Papnoi <vpapnoi>
Component:	Build	Assignee:	Justin Caratzas <jcaratza>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Vinayak Papnoi <vpapnoi>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	9.0	CC:	cephqe-warriors, rkachach
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Automation, Regression, TestBlocker
Target Release:	9.0
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2026-01-29 07:02:12 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Vinayak Papnoi 2025-10-16 04:53:51 UTC

Description of problem:

Bootstrap fails with error : 
 Failed to set orch backend to cephadm: maximum retries reached


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
20.1.0-59
quay.io/rhceph-ci/rhceph@sha256:5b6df28475965e1d3ef3efd0ac5bac809f92e96dd515c8f0003fb1cd8f46de40

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Bootstrap a cluster with above mentioned builds
2.
3.

Actual results:

Bootstrap fails with below error

2025-10-16 00:44:49,298 - cephci - ceph:1645 - INFO - Execution of cephadm --image quay.io/rhceph-ci/rhceph@sha256:5b6df28475965e1d3ef3efd0ac5bac809f92e96dd515c8f0003fb1cd8f46de40 bootstrap --mon-ip 10.0.67.4 on 10.0.67.4 took 77.757056 seconds
2025-10-16 00:44:49,303 - cephci - test_cephadm:189 - ERROR - cephadm --image quay.io/rhceph-ci/rhceph@sha256:5b6df28475965e1d3ef3efd0ac5bac809f92e96dd515c8f0003fb1cd8f46de40 bootstrap --mon-ip 10.0.67.4 returned Error: Failed to set orch backend to cephadm: maximum retries reached


Expected results:

Bootstrap should succeed

Additional info:

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-29 07:02:12 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: Red Hat Ceph Storage 9.0 Security and Enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1536