Pausing and resuming an extended storage component
When an extended storage component is in use, you can pause all read and write operations on the associated extended storage at any time.
In certain situations, the storage that is represented by an extended storage component might become temporarily inaccessible. Reasons for the temporary inaccessibility can include scheduled maintenance or an unforeseen problem with an extended storage device or cloud-storage-service endpoint. If this situation occurs, you might need to temporarily pause all read and write operations on the storage component.
While a storage component is paused, the associated extended storage is unavailable for storage tiering and does not attempt to communicate with that device or service. Any alerts that would normally be generated by attempts to communicate with the inaccessible extended storage device or cloud-storage-service endpoint are not displayed when the component is paused. When an extended storage component is resumed, the associated storage becomes available for storage tiering, and HCP resumes attempting to communicate with the extended storage device or cloud storage endpoint. If such attempts fail, HCP displays the applicable alerts on the Components panel on the Storage page.
Before you begin
Procedure
On the left side of the Storage page, click the Components tab.
On the Components panel, click the table row that contains the name of the component that you want to pause or resume.
At the top of the panel that opens, click the Manage tab.
On the Manage panel, take one of these actions:
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To pause a component, click Pause Component. HCP pauses the component, and the panel displays Resume Component.
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To resume a component that is currently paused, click Resume Component. HCP attempts to resume communications with the component, and the panel displays Pause Component.
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