until they are written to.)
If you instead use lfs setstripe -o to create a file, that should work.
* Patrick
From: lustre-discuss on behalf of
"Ms. Megan Larko"
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018 at 2:20 PM
To: Lustre User Discussion Mailing List
Subject: Re: [lustre-discuss] Usa
Responding to A. Dilger (orig e-mail copied below)
I am not sure what the overall objective is trying to achieve in
specifically identifying to which OSTs to write; it was a question from one
in our user community. I am not able to specify -o to an existing file.
I have not tried to use the lustr
This is https://jira.whamcloud.com/browse/LU-8417 "setstripe -o does not work
on directories", which has not been implemented yet.
That said, setting the default striping to specific OSTs on a directory is
usually not the right thing to do. That will result in OST imbalance.
Equivalent mechanis
> On Nov 9, 2018, at 11:28 AM, Mohr Jr, Richard Frank (Rick Mohr)
> wrote:
>
>
>> On Nov 8, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Ms. Megan Larko wrote:
>>
>> I have been attempting this command on a directory on a Lustre-2.10.4
>> storage from a Lustre 2.10.1 client and I fail with the following message:
>>>
> On Nov 8, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Ms. Megan Larko wrote:
>
> I have been attempting this command on a directory on a Lustre-2.10.4 storage
> from a Lustre 2.10.1 client and I fail with the following message:
> > lfs setstripe -c 4 -S 1m -o 1,2-4 custTest/
> error on ioctl 0x4008669a for 'custTest
Greetings List!
What is the correct invocation of specifying exact stripe layout in Lustre?
I am attempting to use the --ost | -o option to lfs setstripe. The
Lustre_Operations_Manual as of 16 May 2018 Section 38.1.3 indicates that
--ost-index "option is used to specify the exact stripe layout o
