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Managing the AMASS File System
2-16 Operational Tasks 6-00028-01 Rev A
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
1Log in as amass or root.
2
drivelist drivenumber
For example:
drivelist 2
AMASS displays the current
status of the specified drive.
3
drivestat -i
drivenumber
For example:
drivestat -i 2
INACTIVATE the specified
drive.
AMASS performs the following
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.