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2. In the Distributed Devices screen, select the distributed devices to delete, and then click DELETE.
A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
3. Review the distributed devices to delete and the clusters to which the underlying devices will return upon completing the
operation. If satisfied, click Yes.
The results dialog box is displayed.
4. Review the results of the operation and proceed accordingly.
5. Click Close to continue.
The underlying devices are now visible in the Devices screen under the appropriate clusters.
Renaming a distributed device
About this task
When you rename a distributed device, the name of the virtual volume on the device does not change. To rename the virtual
volume, refer to Renaming a virtual volume.
Steps
1. In the GUI main menu, do the following:
a. In a metro node Local:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the View by drop-down, select Devices.
b. In a metro node Metro:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the Provision on drop-down, select the Distributed Storage.
iii. In the View By drop-down, select Devices.
2. In the Distributed Devices view, click the distributed device name link in the Device column.
3. In the Distributed Device Properties panel, click Rename and type a new name in the Distributed Device Name field.
4. Click
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Distributed Device status
The following tables define the Health, Operational, and Service status for distributed devices.
Health status
Description
OK The distributed device is functioning normally.
Unknown Metro node cannot determine the distributed device's health state, or the state is
invalid.
Non-recoverable error Metro node cannot determine the distributed device's health state.
Minor Failure Either one or more children of the distributed device is out-of-date and will
rebuild, or the Logging volume for the distributed device is unhealthy.
Major Failure One or more children of the distributed device is out-of-date and will never
rebuild, possibly because they are dead or unavailable.
Operational status Description
OK The distributed device is functioning normally.
Degraded The distributed device may have one or more out-of-date children that will
eventually rebuild.
Unknown Metro node cannot determine the distributed device's Operational state, or the
state is invalid.
Stressed One or more children of the distributed device is out-of-date and will never rebuild.
Error One or more components of the distributed device is hardware-dead.
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