HP Reference Information Storage System Version 1.6 Administration Guide revision 2 (T3559-90809, September 2007)

Life cycle state Definition
Importance
DISCOVERY
The meta server a
nd smart cell are determining the
cell’s start state (the state following DISCOVERY), based
on expected st
ates of the cell and its mirror smart cell.
The cell is not
available for document storage, search,
or retrieval.
maintenance
(startup only)
RESET
The cell is being recycled. Stored documents and
corresponding management data, such as document
indexes, are destroyed during recycling.
The system administrator has determined that existing
cell data is no longer needed. The RESET state is only
set manually.
The cell is not affiliated with any domain, so it is not
available for document storage, search, or retrieval.
maintenance
SUSPENDED
Either of the following is true:
• The cell or its mirror cell has one or more failed
processes.
• The mirror cell is DEAD.
NOTE:
Ifthecell’sstatusisOK,onlythemirrorcellhas
failed.
The cell is not available for storage. It is available for
document search and retrieval (unless a failed process
disabled the search engine). If backup is enab led,
the cell is backing up new data that has not yet been
backed up.
failure
DEAD
The cell has failed.
Itisnotavailablefordocumentstorage,search,or
retrieval. If backup is enabled, some or all cell data
might not be backed up; if so, data will never be
backed up.
failure
UNKNOWN
The state of the smart cell is unknown.
unknow
n
FREE
The cell is free. (Shown in blue.) It can become
ASSIGNED or become a target for data restoration.
The cell is not affiliated with any domain, so it is not
available for document storage, search, or retrieval.
normal
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