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LUDOC-355 dne: Correction to DNE config for remote sub-dirs 65/22965/3
authorJoseph Gmitter <joseph.gmitter@intel.com>
Wed, 5 Oct 2016 18:06:40 +0000 (14:06 -0400)
committerAndreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
Wed, 5 Oct 2016 21:34:35 +0000 (21:34 +0000)
The patch will update the dne configuration instructions
pertaining to remote subdirecty creation.

Signed-off-by: Joseph Gmitter <joseph.gmitter@intel.com>
Change-Id: I36458151da69a57c605926885d380a5e6e1c7284
Reviewed-on: http://review.whamcloud.com/22965
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
LustreOperations.xml

index 8615fb9..55cf7bf 100644 (file)
@@ -387,8 +387,13 @@ client# lfs mkdir –i
       will leave the namespace below it inaccessible. For this reason, by
       default it is only possible to create remote sub-directories off MDT0. To
       relax this restriction and enable remote sub-directories off any MDT, an
-      administrator must issue the command
-      <literal>lctl set_param mdt.*.enable_remote_dir=1</literal>.</para>
+      administrator must issue the following command on the MGS:
+      <screen>mgs# lctl conf_param <replaceable>fsname</replaceable>.mdt.enable_remote_dir=1</screen>
+      For Lustre filesystem 'scratch', the command executed is:
+      <screen>mgs# lctl conf_param scratch.mdt.enable_remote_dir=1</screen>
+      To verify the configuration setting execute the following command on any
+      MDS:
+          <screen>mds# lctl get_param mdt.*.enable_remote_dir</screen></para>
     </warning>
     <para condition='l28'>With Lustre software version 2.8, a new
     tunable is available to allow users with a specific group ID to create
@@ -397,9 +402,13 @@ client# lfs mkdir –i
     parameter to the 'wheel' or 'admin' group ID allows users with that GID
     to create and delete remote and striped directories. Setting this
     parameter to <literal>-1</literal> on MDT0 to permanently allow any
-    non-root users create and delete remote and striped directories. For
-    example:
-    <screen>lctl set_param -P mdt.*.enable_remote_dir_gid=-1</screen>
+    non-root users create and delete remote and striped directories.
+    On the MGS execute the following command:
+    <screen>mgs# lctl conf_param <replaceable>fsname</replaceable>.mdt.enable_remote_dir_gid=-1</screen>
+    For the Lustre filesystem 'scratch', the commands expands to:
+    <screen>mgs# lctl conf_param scratch.mdt.enable_remote_dir_gid=-1</screen>.
+    The change can be verified by executing the following command on every MDS:
+    <screen>mds# lctl get_param mdt.<replaceable>*</replaceable>.enable_remote_dir_gid</screen>
     </para>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="dbdoclet.lfsmkdirdne2" condition='l28'>