Pausing/Resuming the decommission process for Storage Nodes

You can pause in-progress decommissioning procedures. You can pause Storage Node decommissioning procedures only at specific stages.

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About this task

You must pause decommissioning on a Storage Node before you can start a second maintenance procedure. After the other procedure is finished, you can resume decommissioning. When the decommissioning procedure reaches either of the following stages, you can pause it:

ILM Evaluation
Decommissioning Erasure Coded Data

Steps

Select Maintenance > Decommission.
The Decommission page appears.
At an appropriate stage of a decommissioning procedure, the Pause button enables. Click Pause to halt the procedure.
Attention: Do not abort the decommissioning grid task, as this can leave the grid in an inconsistent state.

The current stage is paused.
Click Resume to proceed with the decommission.