db_suspend_nodes
This job suspends the given nodes in the given database. Suspending a node means that the node is marked as unavailable, even though it continues to run. This can be used to perform maintenance on a node. If this is done to an active node while the database is running, the database will shutdown and restart with a reserve node instead (if configured).
Mandatory Parameters
Parameter Name | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|
db_name | string | The name of an existing database. |
node_list | list | List of node names that should be suspended in the given database, for example: ['n11', 'n12'] |
Optional Parameters
There are no optional parameters.
Substitute Parameters
There are no substitute parameters.
Allowed Users
The following users are allowed to run this job:
- root
Allowed Groups
The following groups are allowed to run this job:
- root
- exaadm
- exadbadm
Examples
The following code snippets show how to use this job using both Python (via XML-RPC) and on the command-line using confd_client.