manageflashgrid

Use the manageflashgrid command to manage a Flash Grid.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram manageflashgrid -create-nameflash_grid_namejoinaccept-ipip_address-truststoreid/name-leave-removeip_address

Parameters

-create flag
(Required) Creates a new Flash Grid and adds the current system.
-name string
(Required) Specifies a name to use for the Flash Grid.
-join flag
(Optional) Requests the current system to join the specified Flash Grid.
-accept flag
(Optional) Accepts a request from another system to join the Flash Grid where the current system is added.
-ip IPv4_IPv6_address_or_FQDN
(Optional) Specifies the IP address (IPv4, IPv6, or FQDN) of the system to which the request is being made.
-truststore integer_or_string
(Optional) Specifies the ID or name of the entry in the trust store for the system that is identified by the IP address.
-leave flag
(Optional) Requests the current system to leave its Flash Grid.
-remove IPv4_IPv6_address_or_FQDN
(Optional) Removes the specified system from the Flash Grid.

Description

This command can be used to create a new Flash Grid and manage the members of the Flash Grid. The system that creates the Flash Grid is referred to as the owner of the Flash Grid, and it assumes responsibility for adding and removing other systems. After creating a Flash Grid, the following steps must be performed in order to add a system:
  1. Copy the certificate of the Flash Grid coordinator-system to the new system, and add it to the trust store. See mktruststore.
  2. Request to join the Flash Grid by using the join option. Provide the IP address or the fully-qualified domain name of the coordinator system and the entry, which the coordinator system has in the trust store.
  3. Copy the certificate from the new system to the Flash Grid coordinator-system, and add it to the trust store.
  4. On the coordinator system, accept the request to join the Flash Grid by using the accept option. Provide the IP address or the fully-qualified domain name of the new system and the entry, which the new system has in the trust store.

To remove a system from a Flash Grid, use the remove option on the coordinator system. The system that is removed from the Flash Grid also needs to run the leave option.

To create or join a Flash Grid, the following requirements must be met:

  • The system topology must be in the replication layer.

An invocation example

The following creates a new Flash Grid and makes this system the coordinator system.

manageflashgrid -create -name MyFlashGrid

The resulting output: 

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