NAME

mfsmaster - start, restart or stop Moose File System master process

SYNOPSIS

mfsmaster [-c CFGFILE] [-u] [-i] [-a] [-e] [-x[x]] [-t LOCKTIMEOUT] [ACTION]

mfsmaster -v

mfsmaster -h

DESCRIPTION

mfsmaster is the master program of Moose File System.

OPTIONS

-v: print version information and exit
-h: print usage information and exit
-c CFGFILE: specify alternative path of configuration file (default is mfsmaster.cfg in system configuration directory)
-u: log undefined configuration values (when default is assumed)
-f: run in foreground, don't daemonize
-t LOCKTIMEOUT: how long to wait for lockfile (in seconds; default is 1800 seconds)
-i: ignore some metadata structure errors (attach orphans to root, ignore names without inode, etc.). DO NOT use unless you are ready to pick up the pieces. See https://github.com/moosefs/moosefs/issues/151 for discussion.
-a: automatically restore metadata from change logs
-e: start without metadata (usable only in pro version - used to start additional masters)
-x: produce more verbose output
-xx: even more verbose output
ACTION: is the one of start, stop, restart, reload, test, restore or kill. Default action is restart. The test action will yield one of two responses: "mfsmaster pid: PID" or "mfsmaster is not running". The kill action will send a SIGKILL to the currently running master process. SIGHUP or reload action forces mfsmaster to reload all configuration files. restore tries to restore metadata file using backup metadata files and changelogs; if successful it will store recovered metadata file end stop, it will never start master process.

FILES

mfsmaster.cfg: configuration file for MooseFS master process; refer to mfsmaster.cfg(5) manual for details
mfsexports.cfg: MooseFS access control file; refer to mfsexports.cfg(5) manual for details
mfstopology.cfg: Network topology definitions; refer to mfstopology.cfg(5) manual for details
.mfsmaster.lock: lock file of running MooseFS master process (created in data directory)
metadata.mfs, metadata.mfs.back: MooseFS filesystem metadata image (created in data directory)
changelog.*.mfs: MooseFS filesystem metadata change logs (created in data directory; merged into metadata.mfs once per hour)
data.stats: MooseFS master charts state (created in data directory)

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bugs@moosefs.com>.

COPYRIGHT

This file is part of MooseFS.

MooseFS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 (only).

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