[Lustre-discuss] 1.6.7.2 Replacing an OST

[Scott Barber]

All servers are 1.6.7.2 CentOS 5 x86_64

We had an OST that we removed previously and had been marked as inactive by:
lctl --device <number> deactivate
and then
lctl conf_param <name>.osc.active=0

If I have a new OST to add to the system can I format it to replace
the removed OST? Can I pass mkfs.lustre the old OST name (ie:
OST000c)? If so do I have to reactivate the OST?

Thanks,
Scott Barber
Senior System Administrator
iMemories.com