Are you saying to wipe the entire cluster? That says it wipes the config logs for the fs, but I am not entirely sure what that means...
-- Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:lustre-discuss- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mailer PH > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 12:07 PM > To: Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org > Subject: Re: [Lustre-discuss] how to replace a bad OST. > > I run into similar problem few weeks ago . > > You need to run : > tunefs.lustre --writeconf /dev/............. > > On MDT/MGS after unmounting it , maybbe there is another way to do that > without unmounting MDT/MGS but im not sure . > > Cheers . > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lundgren, Andrew > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 7:29 PM > Subject: [Lustre-discuss] how to replace a bad OST. > > > I am trying to learn how to replace a defective OST with a new one. > Assuming the old OST can not be salvaged. > > > > I have a test cluster that I am working on. > > > > I deactivated the volume on the MGS using: > > > > lctl conf_param content-OST0002-osc.osc.active=0 > > > > I unlinked all of the bad files by finding the ones on the bad > volume. > > > > I formatted a fresh OST using the index number of the bad device: > > > > mkfs.lustre --reformat --fsname content --ost -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --param="failover.mode=failout" --index=02 > /dev/md6 > > > > Then I tried to mount the freshly formatted OST into the cluster. > > > > Unfortunately, I end up with an error: > > > > mount.lustre: mount /dev/md6 at /lustre_raw_ost_one failed: Address > already in use > > The target service's index is already in use. (/dev/md6) > > > > How can I re-use the index number to prevent always having a "dead" > point in my cluster? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Andrew > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Outgoing messages are virus free checked by NOD32 system _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss