Disabling Storage Resource agents

Disable Storage Resource agents so that they no longer collect data or run IBM Spectrum® Control jobs.

You might want to disable a Storage Resource agent under the following conditions:
  • The monitored server is undergoing maintenance and is unavailable. This action prevents IBM Spectrum Control from flagging the agent as "down" if it cannot reach the agent. The number of times that the server tries to contact the agent is defined by the agentErrorLimit parameter in the server.config file.
  • The monitored server is busy with resource-intensive processing and you do not want to add any IBM Spectrum Control jobs to that processing load.
To disable a Storage Resource agent, complete the following steps:
  1. In the menu bar, go to Servers > Servers.
  2. On the Servers page, right-click the server where the agent is deployed and select Modify Agents > Disable.
  3. Click OK to confirm that you want to disable the agent.
    The state of the agent is changed to Disabled and remains in that state until it is enabled again. You can disable agents on multiple servers at the same time.
When you disable a Storage Resource agent that is deployed as a daemon service, the service is shut down, and the agent is disabled. IBM Spectrum Control no longer sends requests to the agent or contacts it for job processing. A Storage Resource agent that is deployed as a non-daemon agent runs as a stand-alone process. Because a service is not required for this type of agent, it is not necessary to shut down the agent before it is disabled.