files off OSTs that are starting to show hardware problems (though are still
functional), or OSTs that will be removed from the filesystem.
.PP
-Because
-.B lfs_migrate
-is
-.B not
-yet closely integrated with the MDS, it cannot determine whether a file
-is currently open and/or in-use by other applications or nodes. That makes
-it
-.B
-UNSAFE
-for use on files that might be modified by other applications, since the
-migrated file is only a copy of the current file, and this will result in
-the old file becoming an open-unlinked file and any modifications to that
-file will be lost.
-.PP
Files to be migrated can be specified as command-line arguments. If a
directory is specified on the command-line then all files within that
directory are migrated. If no files are specified on the command-line,
.IP
lfs find /testfs -obd test-OST0004 -size +4G -mtime +2d |
lfs_migrate -y
+.SH NOTES
+In versions prior to 2.5,
+.B lfs_migrate
+is
+.B not
+closely integrated with the MDS, and cannot determine whether a file
+is currently open and/or in-use by other applications or nodes. That makes
+it
+.B
+UNSAFE
+for use on files that might be modified by other applications, since the
+migrated file is only a copy of the current file. This will result in the
+old file becoming an open-unlinked file, and any modifications to that file
+will be lost.
.SH KNOWN BUGS
Eventually, this functionality will be integrated into
.BR lfs (1)