[LU-15438] Review and update the lustre/tests/README file

• Status: Open
• Project: Lustre
• Type: Task
• Priority: Minor
• Reporter: Oleg Kulachenko (Inactive)
• Assignee: Oleg Kulachenko (Inactive)
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: tests

Description

This README file is out of date: https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=blob;f=lustre/tests/README;h=00634a77eb61ae98021baab7938cf797d46d7b67;hb=HEAD
Now the process of running tests is as follows:

I normally do what you are tying to do, which is: reserve nodes on trevis or onyx, use loadjenkinsbuild to load the Lustre kernel/RPMs onto the nodes, set up Lustre, modify the Lustre test configuration file to match the Lustre setup and then launch tests.  

When you get an allocation on trevis/onyx, you are getting an allocation of VMs and I run on those VMs. As the README states, you can use tests/llmount.sh to easily create a single node Lustre file system using loopback devices. Sometimes this is all you need to answer some questions. Usually you will need several nodes (vms) and setup Lustre in a different configuration.  

Of course, this is about how we run tests inside the company.

Need to check the README file and make them relevant for external users.