controller ‑forceFailure

Forces the specified Controller to fail over to the partner Controller.

SYNOPSIS

controller ‑forceFailure 
   ‑controller controller‑id‑or‑fqn

   [{‑sessionKey | ‑u admin‑user ‑oracleFS oracle‑fs‑system}]
   [{‑outputformat | ‑o} { text | xml }]
   [{‑timeout timeout‑in‑seconds | ‑verify | ‑usage | ‑example | ‑help}]

DESCRIPTION

When troubleshooting an Oracle FS System, the Oracle Customer Support representative might fail a Controller before performing a series of diagnostic tests. Forcing the failure of a Controller causes the Controller to fail over to the partner Controller. When the partner Controller assumes the responsibilities of the failed Controller, the changes the configuration of the private interconnect topology. The Oracle FS System issues a PCP_EVT_CONTROLLER_FAILOVER_COMPLETE event.

Note: Only administrators with support roles are authorized to run controller ‑forceFailure command.

OPTIONS

‑controller: Specifies the fully qualified name (FQN) or the unique identifier (ID) of the Controller that the Oracle Customer Support representative is forcing to fail. When the Controller fails, the redundant controller becomes the master.

EXAMPLE

Task

Oracle Customer Support forces a Controller to fail over to the partner Controller. When the partner has assumed the operations of the failed Controller, it is placed into a conservative operational mode.

Parameters

The name of the Controller preceded by a forward slash: /⁠CONTROLLER-0

$ fscli controller ‑forceFailure ‑controller /⁠CONTROLLER-01
$ fscli system_alert ‑list