Difference between offlining and detaching a plex?

[Brendan Choi]

I guess offlining is a more permanent form of detaching. Detaching puts it
in a stale state, too, right?

I guess I'm more interested in what effectively happens than the
nomenclature. :)



-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Griffiths <tony.griffiths@veritas.com>
To: 'Brendan Choi' <bchoi@best.com>; ssa-managers@Eng.Auburn.EDU
<ssa-managers@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 10:25 PM
Subject: RE: Difference between offlining and detaching a plex?


>Detattaching a plex will take a plex out of IO operations. Detaachment can
>occur bu both system (say write error to mirror) or administrator. The plex
>will stay detached until is re-attached, or the volume is started
(assuming)
>the problem has gone away.
>
>Offlining a plex is an administration command and can only be done by the
>administrator (not the system). Once offline, the plex will stay
permanently
>offline until a online command is given. This will then take the plex to a
>stale state.
>
>
>tony
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brendan Choi [mailto:bchoi@best.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:16 AM
>To: ssa-managers@Eng.Auburn.EDU
>Subject: Difference between offlining and detaching a plex?
>
>
>What's the difference between doing a "vxmend off" and a "vxplex det" on a
>plex? From Veritas literature the result seems to be the same whether you
>"offline" a plex or "detach" it---a plex that is disabled from normal use,
>but still associated with the other plexes, and can be re-associated.
>
>
>
>
>Brendan
>