Balancing IBM Storage Ceph cluster using the capacity balancer

Balance the cluster by using the capacity balancer module.

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure that you have a running IBM Storage Ceph cluster.

Procedure

Check if the balancer module is enabled.
```
ceph mgr module enable balancer
```
Turn on the balancer module.
```
ceph balancer on
```
To change the mode use the following command. The default mode is upmap.
```
ceph balancer mode upmap
```
Check the current status of the balancer.
```
ceph balancer status
```