[lustre-discuss] Convert a disk from lustre to ext4

[Colin Faber]

If you're just looking to reformat the drive, then just reformat the drive:

http://linux.die.net/man/8/mkfs.ext4

If this drive is an OST, or part of an existing file system you'll need to
follow this procedure:

https://build.hpdd.intel.com/job/lustre-manual/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/lustre_manual.xhtml#section_k3l_4gt_tl

-cf


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On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Michael Parchet <mparchet at sunrise.ch> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a single external drive formatted with the lustre file format. I
> just would like to convert it in a free and open source file format like
> ext4.
>
> Is it possible ?
>
> Thanks for your support
>
> Best regards
>
> mparchet
>
>
>
> Le 1 sept. 2015 à 16:54, Colin Faber <colin.faber at seagate.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> It's not totally clear what you're trying to accomplish here? The block
> device(s) utilized by lustre contain a proprietary disk format / layout
> specific to lustre file systems.
>
> Are you trying to convert this over (with objects) intact? If so why?
>
> Or are you trying to migrate existing data from your lustre file system
> over to some other (single disk) solution ?
>
> -cf
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Michael Parchet <mparchet at sunrise.ch>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to convert my external drive format with listre file system
>> to stardard ext4 file system without loss data storage on my external drive.
>>
>> Is it possible ?
>>
>> Thanks for your support
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> mparchet
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