[Lustre-discuss] Deactivate OST

[Andreas Dilger]

On Sep 25, 2009  12:56 +0200, Heiko Schr�ter wrote:
> On Freitag 25 September 2009 12:31:58 you wrote:
> > Just attaching the patch on the bug is sufficient, and marking
> > "inspection ? adilger at sun.com".   It is fine even if you don't think
> > this is a proper fix (though please add some words to that effect),
> > because it will at least provide a starting point for a better fix
> > if one is needed.
> 
> Just to get back to the subject, what _is_ the proper sequence to
> deactivate an OST ?

What you posted is fine.

> We have used our scenario (lctl set_param resp. conf_param) for deactivating/copying up to now 3 x 6,5TB lustre Partitions (OSTs) and it worked ok.
> Are we just hard hearted enough to ignore the underlying lustre mechanisms ?
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> Heiko

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.