PowerFlex 5.X: Rebalance Or Rebuild Operation Has Been Manually Disabled

Summary: An alert is raised when the Rebalance or Rebuild operation has been manually disabled for Device Groups (DG) in a Protection Domain (PD). This is typically done for maintenance or diagnostic purposes and should be re-enabled once the task is complete. ...

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Symptoms

Alert Messages:

The rebalance operation has been manually disabled for all Device Groups in the Protection Domain (pd_name, ID: <PD ID>).
The rebuild operation has been manually disabled for all Device Groups in the Protection Domain (pd_name, ID: <PD ID>).

 

Impact 

  • Rebalance Disabled: The system may become unbalanced, leading to uneven data distribution and potential performance degradation.
  • Rebuild Disabled: The system is not protected against further failures, increasing the risk of data unavailability.

Cause

The Rebalance/Rebuild operations could be manually disabled by support or administrators during diagnostics or maintenance. If not re-enabled afterward, the system raises an alert to prompt corrective action.

Resolution

Re-enable Rebalance (if disabled)

To re-enable rebalance operations:

scli --set_rebalance_mode --protection_domain_name <PD NAME> --enable rebalance

 

Re-enable Rebuild (if disabled)

To re-enable rebuild operations:

scli --set_rebuild_mode --protection_domain_name <PD NAME> --enable rebuild

Impacted Versions

PowerFlex 5.x

 

Article Properties
Article Number: 000365795
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 03 يناير 2026
Version:  3
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