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Update Geo troubleshooting docs

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@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
This will increase the timeout to three hours (10800 seconds). Choose a time
long enough to accommodate a full clone of your largest repositories.
 
### Reseting Geo **secondary** node replication
### Resetting Geo **secondary** node replication
 
If you get a **secondary** node in a broken state and want to reset the replication state,
to start again from scratch, there are a few steps that can help you:
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@@ -524,6 +524,20 @@ If it doesn't exist or inadvertent changes have been made to it, run `sudo gitla
 
If this path is mounted on a remote volume, please check your volume configuration and that it has correct permissions.
 
### An existing tracking database cannot be reused
Geo cannot reuse an existing tracking database.
It is safest to use a fresh secondary, or reset the whole secondary by following
[Resetting Geo secondary node replication](#resetting-geo-secondary-node-replication).
If you are not concerned about possible orphaned directories and files, then you
can simply reset the existing tracking database with:
```sh
sudo gitlab-rake geo:db:reset
```
### Geo node has a database that is writable which is an indication it is not configured for replication with the primary node.
 
This error refers to a problem with the database replica on a **secondary** node,
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