1 .TH LCTL-POOL_NEW 8 "2018-12-12" Lustre "Lustre Utilities"
3 lctl-pool_new \- create a new OST pool
5 .BR "lctl pool_new" " [" --nowait | -n "] "
9 Create a list of OSTs with the name
11 in the filesystem named
15 command must be run on the MGS node and can only be used by the
19 After updating the MGS configuration, this command tries to wait and
20 check if pools are updated on a client.
21 If the MGS is on a separate node from the MDS, a Lustre client must
22 be mounted on the MGS node while the
24 commands are being run for this. Otherwise, the client check is
27 This named list of OSTs can be used by
29 to specify the OSTs on which new files can be created, and
31 to locate files that were created on the specified pool. As well,
33 can show only the free space or inodes in a named pool.
38 Do not wait and check if pool is updated on a client. This is useful
39 when calling a lot of "
41 pool_*" in a row. This avoids revoking the clients "CONFIG" lock for each
42 command (by default clients retake their lock and update their configurations
43 in a delay between 5-10s).
47 .B # lfs pool_new testfs.local
54 .B # lfs pool_add testfs.local 12 13 14
55 Add OSTs numbered 12, 13, and 14 to the
61 .BR lctl-pool_add (8),
64 .BR lfs-setstripe (1),