3PAR CIM API Programming Reference for InForm OS 2.3.1 (320-200164 Rev B, February 2010)

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5.10.6 Job Control
5.10.6.1 Overview
Only the following tasks are supported
 Create physical copy
 Resync physical copy
 Promote virtual copy
 Update snapshot space
5.10.6.2 TPD_ConcreteJob
This is a new class, and each instance of this class represents a task.
5.10.6.2.1 RequestStateChange() Method
This method can be used to cancel a task. The input parameter RequestedState can only be
set to
Terminate(4), since the InformOS task framework only supports task canceling.
uint32 RequestStateChange(
[In, REQ,
Values {“Start”, “Suspend”, “Terminate”, “Kill”,
“Service”},
ValueMap {“2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “6”}]
Uint16 RequestedState,
[In] dateTime TimeoutPeriod);
 RequestedState: Changes the state of a job.
 Start: changes the state to running; not supported.
 Suspend: stops the job temporarily which can be resumed; not supported.
 Term inate: stops the job cleanly and orderly; this is the only supported value.
 Kill: terminate the job immediately; not supported.
 Service: puts the job into a service state; not supported.
 TimeoutPeriod: A timeout period that specifies the maximum amount of time that the
client expects the transition to the new state to take. This is not supported and must be
NULL.