HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System V1.5 Administrator Guide (T3559-96044, June 2006)

Life cycle state Definition
Importance
RESTORE
The cell is a target for data restoration from another
smart cell.
The cell 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 following DISCOVERY), based on
expected states of the cell and its mi rror 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 enabled,
the cell is backing up new data that has not yet been
backed up.
failure
DEAD
The cell
has failed.
It is not
available for document storage, 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.
unknown
FREE
The cell is free. It can become ASSIGNED or become a
target for data restor ation.
The cell is not affiliated with any domain, so it is not
available for document storage, search, or retrieval.
normal
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