Prometheus unable to start with corrupt WAL: `no such file or directory`

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Prometheus is in error state and does not start up.
  • level=error err="opening storage failed: repair corrupted WAL: cannot handle error: or similar are seen in the prometheus logs.

Environment

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage (RHCS) 5
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage (RHCS) 6
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage (RHCS) 7

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