st_device_disable

This job disables the given disk so that it cannot be used anymore (similar to a failure).
If the disk is currently in use by a volume, all read operations are redirected
to a valid redundancy segment, if available.
If no redundancy segment is available, the volume will be locked until the disk is re-enabled.

Mandatory parameters

Parameter name Data type Description
node integer Node ID
devname string Device name

Optional parameters

There are no optional parameters.

Substitute parameters

There are no substitute parameters.

Allowed users

There are no defined allowed users.

Allowed groups

The following groups are allowed to run this job:

  • root
  • exaadm
  • exadbadm

Examples

The following examples show how to run this job in a Python program using XML-RPC or on the command line using confd_client.

conn.job_exec('st_device_disable', {'params': {'node': 11, 'devname': '/exa/data/storage/dev.1'}})
confd_client st_device_disable node: 11 devname: /exa/data/storage/dev.1