Managing the AMASS File System

Take a Drive Out of Service

To take a drive out of service — whether because of excessive failures or for maintenance — use the procedure in the following table.

If all drives are out of service, AMASS suspends requests until a drive is returned to service.

Note

For detailed information on the commands used in these steps, see the "Command Reference" chapter.

Step

Command

Description

 

 

 

1

Log in as amass or root.

 

 

 

 

2

drivelist drivenumber

AMASS displays the current

 

For example:

status of the specified drive.

 

 

 

drivelist 2

 

 

 

 

3

drivestat -i

INACTIVATE the specified

 

drivenumber

drive.

 

For example:

AMASS performs the following

 

drivestat -i 2

tasks:

 

 

 

 

• If a volume is in the drive, it

 

 

is returned to its home

 

 

storage slot.

 

 

• All operations currently in

 

 

progress complete but no

 

 

further requests are queued

 

 

for the soon-to-be-inactive

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

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Operational Tasks

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