[Lustre-discuss] how do I deactivate a very wonky OST

[Andrus, Brian Contractor]

All,

We are still trying to move forward getting our filesystem at least partially up with a failed OST.

Currently the OST will kernel panic any device that mounts it. That seems to be a constant.

So, the plan is to bring the system up without that OST and find what data will be lost.
Now, I am trying to deactivate the OST on the MGS, but it seems to have no effect.
Running lctl --device 14 deactivate does not change anything. The OST still shows 'UP'

Is there a way to force lustre to deactivate an OST altogether when it is showing 'UP' and the OST is not going to be happily mounted?

I can mount the filesystem, but many actions hang (ls, df, etc).

Brian Andrus
ITACS/Research Computing
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
voice: 831-656-6238

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