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= Lustre Documentation =
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== Lustre Manual ==
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The ''Lustre Operations Manual'' is the primary source of documentation about the Lustre product. The manual covers the Lustre product and provides users with installation, configuration, tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting information.
  
=== Lustre 1.6 ===
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Different versions of the ''Lustre Operations Manual'' support different versions of Lustre software. To determine which version of the ''Lustre Operations Manual'' supports the Lustre software you are using, refer to the table below. The latest version of the Operations Manual is available in both HTML and PDF formats.  
For your convenience, links to the current version (v1.11) of the Lustre Operations Manual (available in both HTML and PDF) are provided below.
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==== Lustre Manual version 1.11 (released March 13, 2008) ====
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! <small>Manual Part No.</small> !! <small>Supported Lustre Version</small> !! <small>Release Date</small> !! <small>HTML</small> !! <small>PDF</small>
 
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* '''Lustre Manual (HTML) '''[http://manual.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual16_HTML/index.html Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual v1.11]
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| <small>821-2076-10'''</small>
 
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| <small>'''2.0'''</small>
* '''Lustre Manual (PDF) '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/images/a/ae/820-3681.pdf Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual v1.11]
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| <small>January 2011</small>
 
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| <small>[http://wiki.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual20_HTML/index.html Lustre Manual 2.0]</small>
* '''Lustre Manual Change Log '''[http://manual.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual16_HTML/VersionLog.html#50491465_pgfId-1000005 Lustre 1.6 manual change log] (describes additions and updates to the Lustre 1.6 manual)
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| <small>[[Media:821-2076-10.pdf|Lustre 2.0 Manual]]</small>
 
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* '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Mount_Conf MountConf wiki]''' - A quick reference for those familiar with older versions of Lustre
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| <small>821-2077-10'''</small>
 
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| <small>'''2.0'''</small>
=== Lustre 1.4.8 ===
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| <small>July 2010</small>
* '''Lustre Manual (HTML) '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/images/7/78/LustreManual.html Lustre 1.4.8 manual v1.37]
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| <small>n/a</small>
 
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| <small>[[Media:821-2077-10.pdf|Lustre 2.0 Release Notes]]</small>
* '''Lustre Manual (PDF) '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/images/7/78/LustreManual37.pdf Lustre 1.4.8 manual v1.37 (A4)]
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| <small>821-0035-12'''</small>
* '''Lustre Manual Change Log '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/images/7/78/manual-changelog.html Lustre 1.4.8 manual change log] (describes additions and changes to the Lustre 1.4.8 manual)
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| <small>'''1.8'''</small>
 
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| <small>December 2010</small>
== Interim Lustre 1.8 Documentation ==
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| <small>[http://wiki.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual18_HTML/index.html Lustre Manual 1.8]</small>
* '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Kerb_Lustre KerbLustre]''' - The 1.8 interim Lustre documentation (Kerberos....)
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| <small>[[Media:821-0035-12.pdf|Lustre 1.8 Manual]]</small>
 
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== Older Documentation ==
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| <small>820-3681-12'''</small>
This documentation will be incorporated into the manual. Until that is done you may find useful bits and pieces here.
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| <small>'''1.6'''</small>
 
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| <small>June 2010</small>
* '''Frequently Asked Questions'''
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| <small>[http://wiki.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual16_HTML/index.html Lustre Manual 1.6]</small>
** [http://www.clusterfs.com/faq.html Lustre Faq]
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| <small>[[Media:820-3681_v1_18.pdf|Lustre 1.6 Manual]]</small>
* '''Knowledge Base'''
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** [http://bugzilla.lustre.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2374 Lustre Knowledge Base] - questions and answers
 
* '''Configuration'''
 
** [http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Lustre_Howto LustreHowto]''' - A guide to getting Lustre cluster started.
 
** [http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Lustre_LDAP LustreLDAP]''' - A guide for using LDAP with Lustre.
 
** [http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Lustre_Wizard LustreWizard]''' - The ''Lustre wizard'' or ''lwizard'' is a utility that helps with creation of configuration file for a cluster through asking some simple questions.
 
** [http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Lustre_Failover LustreFailover]''' - Managing failover
 
** [http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Filesystem_Backup FilesystemBackup]''' - How to back up a Lustre filesystem
 
** [http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Fsck_Suppor FsckSupport]''' - The lustre fsck tool and Lustre-patched e2fsck (extents, large inode/EA support)
 
** '''Filesystem Tuning'''
 
*** [http://wiki.lustre.org/images/7/78/LustreManual.html#Chapter_III-2._LustreProc LustreProc] - A guide on the '''proc''' tunables parameters for Lustre and their usage. It describes several of the ''proc'' tunables including those that effect the client's RPC behaviour and prepare for a substantial reorganization of proc entries.
 
*** '''[http://wiki.lustre.org/images/7/78/LustreManual.html#3.2_DDN_Tuning LustreDdnTuning]''' - A brief guide on tuning DDN S2A 8500 (and maybe 9500) storage optimally for Lustre
 

Latest revision as of 11:04, 20 January 2011

The Lustre Operations Manual is the primary source of documentation about the Lustre product. The manual covers the Lustre product and provides users with installation, configuration, tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting information.

Different versions of the Lustre Operations Manual support different versions of Lustre software. To determine which version of the Lustre Operations Manual supports the Lustre software you are using, refer to the table below. The latest version of the Operations Manual is available in both HTML and PDF formats.

Manual Part No. Supported Lustre Version Release Date HTML PDF
821-2076-10 2.0 January 2011 Lustre Manual 2.0 Lustre 2.0 Manual
821-2077-10 2.0 July 2010 n/a Lustre 2.0 Release Notes
821-0035-12 1.8 December 2010 Lustre Manual 1.8 Lustre 1.8 Manual
820-3681-12 1.6 June 2010 Lustre Manual 1.6 Lustre 1.6 Manual