diff --git a/collectors/lustreMetric.go b/collectors/lustreMetric.go
index 3e248fa..99b371c 100644
--- a/collectors/lustreMetric.go
+++ b/collectors/lustreMetric.go
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@ package collectors
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
 	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccMetric"
 )
 
-const LUSTREFILE = `/proc/fs/lustre/llite/lnec-XXXXXX/stats`
+const LUSTRE_SYSFS = `/sys/fs/lustre`
+const LCTL_CMD = `lctl`
+const LCTL_OPTION = `get_param`
 
 type LustreCollectorConfig struct {
-	Procfiles      []string `json:"procfiles"`
+	LCtlCommand    string   `json:"lctl_command"`
 	ExcludeMetrics []string `json:"exclude_metrics"`
 }
 
@@ -24,6 +27,58 @@ type LustreCollector struct {
 	matches map[string]map[string]int
 	devices []string
 	config  LustreCollectorConfig
+	lctl    string
+}
+
+func (m *LustreCollector) getDevices() []string {
+	devices := make([]string, 0)
+
+	// //Version reading devices from sysfs
+	// globPattern := filepath.Join(LUSTRE_SYSFS, "llite/*/stats")
+	// files, err := filepath.Glob(globPattern)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return devices
+	// }
+	// for _, f := range files {
+	// 	pathlist := strings.Split(f, "/")
+	// 	devices = append(devices, pathlist[4])
+	// }
+
+	command := exec.Command(m.lctl, LCTL_OPTION, "llite.*.stats")
+	command.Wait()
+	stdout, err := command.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return devices
+	}
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(stdout), "\n") {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "llite") {
+			linefields := strings.Split(line, ".")
+			if len(linefields) > 2 {
+				devices = append(devices, linefields[1])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return devices
+}
+
+// //Version reading the stats data of a device from sysfs
+// func (m *LustreCollector) getDeviceDataSysfs(device string) []string {
+// 	llitedir := filepath.Join(LUSTRE_SYSFS, "llite")
+// 	devdir := filepath.Join(llitedir, device)
+// 	statsfile := filepath.Join(devdir, "stats")
+// 	buffer, err := ioutil.ReadFile(statsfile)
+// 	if err != nil {
+// 		return make([]string, 0)
+// 	}
+// 	return strings.Split(string(buffer), "\n")
+// }
+
+func (m *LustreCollector) getDeviceDataCommand(device string) []string {
+	statsfile := fmt.Sprintf("llite.%s.stats", device)
+	command := exec.Command(m.lctl, LCTL_OPTION, statsfile)
+	command.Wait()
+	stdout, _ := command.Output()
+	return strings.Split(string(stdout), "\n")
 }
 
 func (m *LustreCollector) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
@@ -46,19 +101,18 @@ func (m *LustreCollector) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
 		"getattr":          {"getattr": 1},
 		"statfs":           {"statfs": 1},
 		"inode_permission": {"inode_permission": 1}}
-	m.devices = make([]string, 0)
-	for _, p := range m.config.Procfiles {
-		_, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
-		if err == nil {
-			m.devices = append(m.devices, p)
-		} else {
-			log.Print(err.Error())
-			continue
+	p, err := exec.LookPath(m.config.LCtlCommand)
+	if err != nil {
+		p, err = exec.LookPath(LCTL_CMD)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
+	m.lctl = p
 
+	m.devices = m.getDevices()
 	if len(m.devices) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("No metrics to collect")
+		return errors.New("no metrics to collect")
 	}
 	m.init = true
 	return nil
@@ -68,15 +122,10 @@ func (m *LustreCollector) Read(interval time.Duration, output chan lp.CCMetric)
 	if !m.init {
 		return
 	}
-	for _, p := range m.devices {
-		buffer, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
+	for _, device := range m.devices {
+		stats := m.getDeviceDataCommand(device)
 
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Print(err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		for _, line := range strings.Split(string(buffer), "\n") {
+		for _, line := range stats {
 			lf := strings.Fields(line)
 			if len(lf) > 1 {
 				for match, fields := range m.matches {