[Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs permanently

2013-06-28 Thread Chan Ching Yu, Patrick
Hi, I would like to remove a OST permanently. I’ve followed Lustre manual to migrate the data files and deactivate the devices. But how to remove OST permanently so that the clients and servers no longer see the osc device. These are my steps to remove a OST: 1) lctl �Cdevice 20 deactivate 2)

[Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs and OSS

2011-09-05 Thread Deon Borman
Hi, I have some ageing hardware I'd like to remove. This includes the OSS and the OSTs connected to it. So, as far as I understand, I need to deactivate the OSTs on the MDS with `lctl --device devno deactivate`, copy out all the objects from the deactivated OST with lfs_migrate and finally,

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs and OSS

2011-09-05 Thread Andreas Dilger
Once the OSTs are deactivated you should mount them as ldiskfs and copy out the last_rcvd, O/0/LAST_ID, and CONFIGS/mountdata files for safe keeping for when you want to add new OSTs. You can live without them, but it is easier to have them. Cheers, Andreas On 2011-09-05, at 10:21 AM, Deon

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs

2009-11-03 Thread Mervini, Joseph A
if there is. -Original Message- From: lustre-discuss-boun...@lists.lustre.org [mailto:lustre-discuss-boun...@lists.lustre.org] On Behalf Of Mag Gam Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:15 PM To: lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org Subject: [Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs Is it possible to remove

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs

2009-11-03 Thread Mag Gam
...@lists.lustre.org [mailto:lustre-discuss-boun...@lists.lustre.org] On Behalf Of Mag Gam Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:15 PM To: lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org Subject: [Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs Is it possible to remove a OST permanently on 1.8.x

[Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs

2009-11-02 Thread Mag Gam
Is it possible to remove a OST permanently on 1.8.x? ___ Lustre-discuss mailing list Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Removing OSTs

2009-11-02 Thread Papp Tamás
Mag Gam wrote, On 2009. 11. 03. 3:15: Is it possible to remove a OST permanently on 1.8.x? Nope, you can only deactivate it. tamas ___ Lustre-discuss mailing list Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org