Reinstall Proxmox VE node in cluster

After node pve01 in Proxmox VE cluster crushed, reinstall new pve01 in same hardware.

Install PVE using ISO

This just follows the normal installation steps.

Try and error

Tried many steps, end up using following steps to add the replacement node.

• Remove old node known host from all other nodes

ssh-keygen -f "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" -R "<old_node>"
ssh-keygen -f "/root/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "<old_node>"

• In the old node, run

pvecm delnode <old_node>

• In the new node, run

pvecm add <existing_node>
pvecm updatecerts

• Import old local pools

zpool import -f <old_local_pool>

Change expected votes

Run following commands to check and set acceptable votes in existing node in the cluster

pvecm status
pvecm expected 3

Remove old node

pvecm delnode pve01

Remove old ssh know host

ssh-keygen -f "/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts" -R "pve01"
ssh-keygen -f "/root/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "pve01"

or manual edit two files.

Add node

Run following command in NEW NODE

pvecm add <existing_node>

Sync certs

pvecm updatecerts

Test SSH key authentication

Make sure SSH Key authentication is working

Copy UI certificate

cp /etc/pve/nodes/pve02/pveproxy-ssl.* /etc/pve/nodes/pve01

Remove local-zfs filesystem

If the previous node was using zfs, then now change to ext4, local-zfs needs to be removed.

vi /etc/pve/storage.cfg

If need to disable cluster, following command can be used

systemctl stop pve-cluster
/usr/bin/pmxcfs -l

Restart pve01 cluster

systemctl restart pve-cluster

References

Cluster Manager
Wiki - Cluster Manager
Correct procedure for zpool removal