ADIC 601356 manual vslock

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vslock

Command Reference

vslock

Obtains exclusive use of one or more drives.

The lock identifier assigned to the locked drives is returned to the client. This lock identifier must be used by clients on subsequent requests (such as vsmount) for those drives.

A request to lock a drive that is busy (mounted or previously locked) is queued until the drive becomes available. In addition, intermediate status is returned to indicate the reason a request is being queued.

A vslock command:

That specifies a drive pool or a list of drives should also indicate the number of drives from the pool and list to be locked. VolServ selects the drives to lock from within the pool and list according to drive availability.

cannot specify a drive pool or a list of drives that spans libraries, they must be associated with a single library.

Reserves one drive for exclusive use if a quantity is not specified on the command.

VolServ considers only online drives as candidates to be locked. If a sufficient number of online drives in the same library are unavailable to satisfy a vslock command, the command fails.

If there is a sufficient number of online drives in the same library to satisfy a vslock request, but the number of available online drives is not sufficient, the request waits until sufficient drives become available.

Note

Partial locks are not set.

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