[Lustre-discuss] erasing file system

[Shantanu S Pavgi]

I meant '--mgsnode' and not '-mgs' in my command.
$ mkfs.lustre --reformat --writeconf –fsname spfs --mdt
--mgsnode=<MGS.ip> /dev/sda

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Shantanu Pavgi.

Shantanu S Pavgi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The manual has following instruction for erasing a file system.
> If you have a separate MGS (that you do not want to reformat), then add
> the "writeconf" flag to mkfs.lustre on the MDT, run:
> $ mkfs.lustre --reformat --writeconf –fsname spfs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda
>
> I am not sure, but wouldn't this command create a lustre installation
> with two MGSs? Shouldn't it be like:
> $ mkfs.lustre --reformat --writeconf –fsname spfs --mdt -mgs=<MGS.ip>
> /dev/sda
>
> Also, I have seen some posts where people have more than one MGS per
> installation (although it is not recommended). I am wondering how can
> one erase a file system when the installation has more than one MGS. Any
> insights?
>
> Thanks,
> Shantanu Pavgi. 
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