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12.5 and 12.7

CheckProposedCluster

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You can use the CheckProposedCluster method to test a set of storage nodes before creating a storage cluster with them to identify possible errors or faults that would occur from the attempt, such as unbalanced mixed node capabilities or node types that are not supported for two-node storage clusters.

Parameters

This method has the following input parameter:

Name Description Type Default value Required

nodes

A list of storage IP addresses of the initial set of storage nodes making up the storage cluster.

string array

None

Yes

force

Set to true to run on all storage nodes in the storage cluster.

boolean

None

No

Return values

This method has the following return values:

Name

Description

Type

proposedClusterValid

Indicates whether or not the proposed storage nodes would make up a valid storage cluster. Possible values:

  • true

  • false

boolean

proposedClusterErrors

Errors that would occur if a storage cluster was created using the proposed storage nodes.

string array

Request example

Requests for this method are similar to the following example:

{
	"method": "CheckProposedCluster",
	"params": {
	"nodes": [
		"192.168.1.11",
		"192.168.1.12",
		"192.168.1.13",
		"192.168.1.14"
	]
},
	"id": 1
}

Response example

This method returns a response similar to the following example:

{
	"id": 1,
	"result": {
		"proposedClusterValid": true,
		"proposedClusterErrors": [ ]
	}
}

New since version

11.0