Before you begin the decommissioning procedure, you must confirm that all grid nodes to be decommissioned are online and that there are no alarms (all grid nodes are green).
| Item | Notes |
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| Provisioning passphrase | The passphrase is created and documented when the StorageGRID Webscale system is first installed. The provisioning passphrase is not in the Passwords.txt file. |
| Recovery Package .zip file | Obtain a copy of the most recent Recovery Package .zip file (sgws-recovery-package-id-revision.zip).
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| Passwords.txt file | Contains the passwords required to access grid nodes on the command line. Included in the Recovery package. |
| Description of StorageGRID Webscale system’s topology before decommissioning | The system’s topology is documented in StorageGRID Webscale system-specific documentation as part of the original process of commissioning the StorageGRID Webscale system. Updated documentation might have been created if the system has undergone changes since it was first commissioned. |
| Description of StorageGRID Webscale topology after decommissioning | You should create a complete, updated description of the final configuration of the StorageGRID Webscale system in system specific documentation before beginning the decommissioning procedure. |
| Service laptop | The service laptop must have the following:
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