volume container switchmaster

Switches the master replica for a specified container to another replica in the replica chain.

This command fails if there is only one up-to-date replica for the container.

Note: Only the root and the MAPR_USER (user name under which HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric services run) user have permissions to run this command.

Syntax

CLI

maprcli volume container switchmaster 
   [ -cluster <cluster_name> ]
   -cid <cid>

REST

Request Type	POST
Request URL	`http[s]://<host>:<port>/rest/volume/container/switchmaster?<parameters>`

Parameter	Description
`cluster`	The cluster on which to run the command. If this parameter is omitted, the command is run on the same cluster where it is issued. In multi-cluster contexts, you can use this parameter to specify a different cluster on which to run the command.
`cid`	The unique ID number for the container that you want to run the command on.

Switches the master container for a specified container:

CLI

maprcli volume container switchmaster -cid 2049

REST

https://abc.sj.us:8443/rest/volume/container/switchmaster?cid=2049