can be invoked in interactive mode by issuing lctl command. After that, commands are issued as below. The most common commands in lctl are
.B dl
,
+.B dk
+,
.B device
,
.B network
From a list of nids for a remote node, show which interface communication
will take place on.
.TP
+.BI replace_nids " <devicename> <nid1>[,nid2,nid3 ...]"
+Replace the LNET Network Identifiers for a given device,
+as when the server's IP address has changed.
+This command must be run on the MGS node.
+Only MGS server should be started (command execution returns error
+in another cases). To start the MGS service only:
+mount -t lustre <MDT partition> -o nosvc <mount point>
+Note the replace_nids command skips any invalidated records in the configuration log.
+The previous log is backed up with the suffix '.bak'.
+.TP
.BI ping " <nid> "
Check LNET connectivity via an LNET ping. This will use the fabric
appropriate to the specified NID.
.PP
.SS Device Operations
.TP
-.BI conf_param " <device> <parameter>"
+.BI list_param " [-F|-R] <param_search ...>"
+List the Lustre or LNet parameter name
+.B -F
+Add '/', '@' or '=' for dirs, symlinks and writeable files, respectively.
+.br
+.B -R
+Recursively list all parameters under the specified parameter search string. If
+.I param_search
+is unspecified, all the parameters will be shown.
+.br
+.B Examples:
+.br
+.B
+# lctl list_param ost.*
+.br
+ ost.OSS
+.br
+ ost.num_refs
+.br
+.B
+# lctl list_param -F ost.* debug
+.br
+ ost.OSS/
+.br
+ ost.num_refs
+.br
+ debug=
+.br
+.B
+# lctl list_param -R mdt
+.br
+ mdt
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000.capa
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000.capa_count
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000.capa_key_timeout
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000.capa_timeout
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000.commit_on_sharing
+.br
+ mdt.lustre-MDT0000.evict_client
+.br
+ ...
+.TP
+.BI get_param " [-n|-N|-F] <parameter ...>"
+Get the value of Lustre or LNET parameter.
+.br
+.B -n
+Print only the value and not parameter name.
+.br
+.B -N
+Print only matched parameter names and not the values. (Especially useful when using patterns.)
+.br
+.B -F
+When -N specified, add '/', '@' or '=' for directories, symlinks and writeable files, respectively.
+.br
+.B Examples:
+.br
+.B
+# lctl get_param ost.*
+.br
+ ost.OSS
+.br
+ ost.num_refs
+.br
+.B
+# lctl get_param -n debug timeout
+.br
+ super warning dlmtrace error emerg ha rpctrace vfstrace config console
+.br
+ 20
+.br
+.B
+# lctl get_param -N ost.* debug
+.br
+ ost.OSS
+.br
+ ost.num_refs
+.br
+ debug
+.br
+lctl "get_param -NF" is equivalent to "list_param -F".
+.TP
+.BI set_param " [-n] [-P] [-d] <parameter=value ...>"
+Set the value of Lustre or LNET parameter.
+.br
+.B -n
+Disable printing of the key name when printing values.
+.br
+.B -P
+Set the parameter permanently, filesystem-wide.
+This parameters are only visible to 2.5.0 and later clients, older clients will not see these parameters.
+.br
+.B -d
+Remove the permanent setting (only with -P option)
+.br
+.B Examples:
+.br
+.B
+# lctl set_param fail_loc=0 timeout=20
+.br
+ fail_loc=0
+.br
+ timeout=20
+.br
+.B
+# lctl set_param -n fail_loc=0 timeout=20
+.br
+ 0
+.br
+ 20
+.br
+.B
+# lctl set_param -P osc.*.max_dirty_mb=32
+.br
+.TP
+.BI conf_param " [-d] <device|fsname>.<parameter>=<value>"
Set a permanent configuration parameter for any device via the MGS. This
-command must be run on the MGS node.
+command must be run on the MGS node.
+.br
+.B -d <device|fsname>.<parameter>
+Delete a parameter setting (use the default value at the next restart). A null value for <value> also deletes the parameter setting.
+.br
+.B Parameters:
+.br
+All of the writable parameters under
+.B lctl list_param
+(e.g.
+.I lctl list_param -F osc.*.* | grep =
+) can be permanently set using
+.B lctl conf_param
+, but the format is slightly different. For conf_param, the device is specified first, then the obdtype. (See examples below.) Wildcards are not supported.
+.br
+Additionally, failover nodes may be added (or removed), and some system-wide parameters may be set as well (sys.at_max, sys.at_min, sys.at_extra, sys.at_early_margin, sys.at_history, sys.timeout, sys.ldlm_timeout.) <device> is ignored for system wide parameters.
+.br
+.B Examples:
+.br
+# lctl conf_param testfs.sys.at_max=1200
+.br
+# lctl conf_param testfs.llite.max_read_ahead_mb=16
+.br
+# lctl conf_param testfs-MDT0000.lov.stripesize=2M
+.br
+# lctl conf_param lustre-OST0001.osc.active=0
+.br
+# lctl conf_param testfs-OST0000.osc.max_dirty_mb=29.15
+.br
+# lctl conf_param testfs-OST0000.ost.client_cache_seconds=15
+.br
+# lctl conf_param testfs-OST0000.failover.node=1.2.3.4@tcp1
.TP
.BI activate
-Reactivate an import after deactivating, below.
+Reactivate an import after deactivating, below. This setting is only effective until the next restart (see
+.B conf_param
+).
.TP
.BI deactivate
Deactivate an import, in particular meaning do not assign new file stripes
.BI blockdev_info " <device node>"
Acquire which lustre file was attached to the device node.
.PP
+.SS Changelogs
+.TP
+.BI changelog_register
+Register a new changelog user for a particular device. Changelog entries
+will not be purged beyond any registered users' set point. (See lfs changelog_clear.)
+.TP
+.BI changelog_deregister " <id>"
+Unregister an existing changelog user. If the user's "clear" record number
+is the minimum for the device, changelog records will be purged until the
+next minimum.
+.PP
+.SS LFSCK
+An on-line Lustre consistency check and repair tool.
+.TP
+.B lfsck_start \fR<-M | --device [MDT,OST]_device>
+ \fR[-A | --all] [-c | --create_ostobj [on | off]]
+ \fR[-e | --error <continue | abort>] [-h | --help]
+ \fR[-n | --dryrun [on | off]] [-o | --orphan]
+ \fR[-r | --reset] [-s | --speed speed_limit]
+ \fR[-t | --type lfsck_type[,lfsck_type...]]
+ \fR[-w | --window_size size]
+.br
+Start LFSCK on the specified MDT or OST device with specified parameters.
+.TP
+ -M, --device <MDT,OST_device>
+The MDT or OST device to start LFSCK/scrub on.
+.TP
+ -A, --all
+Start LFSCK on all available MDT devices.
+.TP
+ -c, --create_ostobj [on | off]
+Create the lost OST-object for dangling LOV EA: 'off' (default) or 'on'. Under
+default mode, when the LFSCK find some MDT-object with dangling reference, it
+will report the inconsistency but will not repair it. If 'on' is given, then
+LFSCK will re-create the missed OST-object.
+.TP
+ -e, --error <error_handle>
+With error_handle as 'abort' then if a repair is impossible LFSCK will save
+the current position stop with an error. Otherwise the default behavior is
+to 'continue' if a repair is impossible.
+.TP
+ -h, --help
+Show the usage message.
+.TP
+ -n, --dryrun [on | off]
+Perform a trial run with no changes made, if 'on' or no argument is given.
+Default is 'off', meaning that any inconsistencies found will be repaired.
+.TP
+ -o, --orphan
+Handle orphan objects, such as orphan OST-objects for layout LFSCK by
+linking them under the .../.lustre/lost+found directory.
+.TP
+ -r, --reset
+Set the current position of object iteration to the beginning of the specified
+device. The non-specified parameters will also be reset to the default. By
+default the iterator will resume the scanning from the last saved checkpoint
+position, and other unspecified parameters will be the same as the prior
+incomplete run.
+.TP
+ -s, --speed <speed_limit>
+Set the upper limit of LFSCK processing in objects per second to reduce load
+on the servers and storage. If no value is specified the saved value is used
+(if resuming from a checkpoint). Otherwise the default value of 0 is used,
+which means check the filesystem as quickly as possible.
+.TP
+ -t, --type <lfsck_type[,lfsck_type...]>
+The type of LFSCK checking/repair to execute. If no type is given and the
+previous run was incomplete or internal consistency checks detected an error,
+then the same types are used for the next run. Otherwise, the default is to
+check all types of consistency. Any time LFSCK is triggered on an ldiskfs
+MDT or OST then OI Scrub is run. Valid types are a comma-separated list of one or more of
+.B scrub
+to run only the local OI Scrub on ldiskfs targets,
+.B namespace
+for FID-in-dirent and linkEA checking on the MDT(s),
+.B layout
+for MDT-OST cross-reference consistency, and
+.B all
+to run all of the available check types.
+.TP
+ -w, --window_size <size>
+Specifies the maximum number of in-flight request being processed at
+one time. This controls the load placed on remote OSTs when running
+.B layout
+checks. By default there are at most 1024 outstanding requests.
+.TP
+.B lfsck_stop \fR<-M | --device [MDT,OST]_device> [-A | --all] [-h | --help]
+Stop LFSCK on the specified MDT or OST device.
+.TP
+ -M, --device <[MDT,OST]_device>
+The MDT or OST device to stop LFSCK/scrub on.
+.TP
+ -A, --all
+Stop LFSCK on all devices.
+.TP
+ -h, --help
+Show this help.
.SS Debug
.TP
.BI debug_daemon
.B --ignore_errors | ignore_errors
Ignore errors during script processing
.TP
+.B lustre_build_version
+Output the build version of the Lustre kernel modules
+.TP
+.B --version
+Output the build version of the lctl utility
+.TP
+.B help
+Provides brief help on the various arguments
+.TP
+.B exit/quit
+Quit the interactive lctl session
+
.SH EXAMPLES
# lctl
.br
Debug log: 87 lines, 87 kept, 0 dropped.
.br
lctl > quit
-.PP
-# lctl conf_param testfs-MDT0000 sys.timeout=40
-.SH BUGS
-Please report all bugs to ClusterFileSystems, support@clusterfs.com
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B lctl
is part of the
.BR Lustre (7)
-filesystem package and is available from CFS
-.br
-http://clusterfs.com
+filesystem package.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR Lustre (7),
.BR mkfs.lustre (8),