activatevol

Activates a suspended volume so that the metadata server can allocate new data on the volume.

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                +- –-?---+  '- – -----------'
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                '- –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.
volume_name
Specifies the names of the one or more volumes to activate.
Specifies that you want to read the names of one or more volumes to activate from stdin (for example, - << /work/vol_list.txt).

Prerequisites

You must have Administrator privileges to use the command.

You must be logged in to the operating system on the engine that hosts the master metadata server to run this command.

Example

Activate two volumes The following example activates two volumes: vol1 and vol2.
sfscli> activatevol vol1 vol2
Volume vol1 activated.
Volume vol2 activated.

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related reference
chvol
expandvol
lslun
lsvol
mkvol
rediscoverluns
reportvolfiles
rmvol
suspendvol

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