HP IAP Version 2.0 Administrator Guide (July 2008)

Life cycle state Definition
Importance
BACKING_UP
The cell is available for document search and retrieval.
If backup is enabled, the cell is b acking up all its
indexes and new data that has not yet been backed up.
maintenance
SYNC_WAIT
The cell is available for document search and retrieval.
maintenance
RESTORE
The cell is a target for data restoration from another
smart cell.
The c ell is not available for document storage, search,
or retrieval.
maintenance
DISCOVERY
The meta server and smart cell are determining the
cell’s start
state (the state follow ing DISCOVERY), based
on expected states of the cell and its mirror smar t cell.
The c ell 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 b ackup is enabled,
the cell is backing up new data that h as not yet been
backed up.
failure
DEAD
The cell has failed.
Itisnotavailablefordocumentstorage,search,or
retrieval. If ba ckup is enabled, some or all cell data
might not be backed up; if so, data will never be
backed up.
failure
UNKNO
WN
The state of the smart cell is unknown.
unknown
FREE
The cell is free. (Shown in blue.) It can become
ASSIGNED or becom e 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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