Answering myself. 'unlink' seems to remove the DIR entries. It still throws an I/O Error (because the OST is missing) but at least the DIR on the MDS gets cleaned up.
Regards Heiko On Mittwoch 26 August 2009 12:06:59 Heiko Schröter wrote: > Hello, > > we are trying to cut out a broken (definitly dead) OST from the lustre system > and want repalce the files on this OST from our tape archive. > Trying to overwrite a file results in "Input/output Error" no matter if the > OST is marked active/inactive. > > i.e. MDS: > lctl --device 17 conf_param scia-OST000c.osc.active=0/1 > or > lctl set_param osc.scia-OST000c-osc.active=0/1 > > > In the manual i cannot find a hint on how to manage this situation. > What is the proper way to overwrite/delete the entries so that the file can > be replaced ? > > Thanks and Regards > Heiko > > > lustre version on MDS and OST: > build: 1.6.6-19700101010000-PRISTINE-.usr.src.linux-2.6.22.19 > > lustre version on clients: > build: 1.6.5.1-19700101010000-PRISTINE-.usr.src.linux-2.6.22.19-2.6.22.19 >
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