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<title><indexterm><primary>maintenance</primary><secondary>removing a MDT</secondary></indexterm>Removing a MDT from the File System</title>
- <para>If the MDT is permanently inaccessible, <literal>lfs rmdir {directory}</literal> can be used to delete the directory entry. A normal <literal>rmdir</literal> will report an IO error due to the remote MDT being inactive. After the remote directory has been removed, the administrator should mark the MDT as permanently inactive with:</para>
+ <para>If the MDT is permanently inaccessible,
+ <literal>lfs rm_entry {directory}</literal> can be used to delete the
+ directory entry on the unavailable MDT. A normal <literal>rmdir</literal>
+ will report an IO error due to the remote MDT being inactive. Please note
+ that if the MDT is available, a standard <literal>rm -r</literal> should
+ be used to delete the remote directory. After the remote directory has been
+ removed, the administrator should mark the MDT as permanently inactive
+ with:</para>
<screen>lctl conf_param {MDT name}.mdc.active=0
</screen>
<para>A user can identify which MDT holds a remote sub-directory using