Starts the specified metadata server.
.-------------. V | >>-startserver--+--------+--+---------+----server_name-+------->< +- -?----+ '- -quiet-' +- -h----+ '- -help-'
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, a new master metadata server is automatically chosen. If all the metadata servers in the cluster are not running, you can start a formerly subordinate metadata server first and that metadata server becomes the new master metadata server.
When you start a metadata server using the startserver command, the metadata server rejoins the cluster in the current cluster 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.
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 tasks
Changing the system time
Starting a metadata server
Related reference
addserver
chserverconfig
dropserver
lsautorestart
lsserver
setautorestart
setport
startautorestart
statserver
stopautorestart
stopserver