startserver

Starts the specified metadata server.

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>>-startserver--+----------+--+-----------+--server_name-------><
                +- –?----+  '- –quiet-'
                +- –h----+
                '- –help-'

Parameters

–? | –h | –help
Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command options are ignored.
–quiet
Turns off confirmation messages for this command.
server_name
Specifies the name a metadata server to start. This metadata server must be part of the cluster.

Prerequisites

You must have Operator or Administrator privileges to use the command.

Description

If you run this command from an engine hosting a subordinate metadata server, you can only start the local metadata server. If you run this command from the engine hosting the master metadata server, you can start any metadata server.

If the master metadata server is not running, you cannot start a subordinate metadata server.

When you start the metadata server using the startserver command, the subordinate metadata servers in the joining state are placed in their previous state after the master metadata server is up and running. When you start the cluster using the startcluster command, all of the subordinate metadata servers are brought to the online state.

The state of the metadata server matches the state of the cluster. Use the statcluster command to check on the state of the cluster, or use the lsserver command to check on the state of the metadata server.

When you start a metadata server using the startserver command, the metadata server restart service on that metadata server is enabled only if metadata server restart service was previously in the standby state.
Restriction: If you manually disable the metadata server restart service, and then stop and restart the metadata server, the metadata server restart service will not become enabled.
Tip: A message stating that the metadata server started successfully does not necessarily mean that the metadata server is online.

Example

Start a metadata servers The following example starts the metadata server ST1:
sfscli> startserver ST1
Are you sure you want to start the server? Starting the server
may cause filesets to be reassigned to this server in accordance with the
fileset assignment algorithm. [y/n] Y
Server ST1 started successfully

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related reference
addserver
chserverconfig
dropserver
lsautorestart
lsserver
setautorestart
setport
startautorestart
statserver
stopautorestart
stopserver

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