Enables the metadata server to restart automatically if it is down.
.-------------. V | >>-startautorestart--+--------+--+---server_name-+-+----------->< +- -?----+ '- - -------------' +- -h----+ '- -help-'
The metadata server restart service is enabled by default.
When a metadata server is enabled to restart automatically, an SNMP trap is not sent when the metadata server is restarted.
Manually stopping a metadata server or cluster disables the metadata server restart service for that metadata server or cluster. Manually starting the metadata server or cluster reenables the metadata server restart service for that metadata server or cluster.
If the metadata server restart service attempts to restart a metadata server and fails, the metadata server restart service tries again to restart the metadata server, up to the retry limit. After the retry limit, the metadata server restart service is disabled.
sfscli> startautorestart ST1 The automatic restart service for server ST1 successfully enabled.
Parent topic: Administrative commands
Related reference
addserver
chserverconfig
dropserver
lsautorestart
lsserver
setautorestart
setport
startserver
statserver
stopautorestart
stopserver