- Start or stop an MGT, MDT, or OST

# Start or stop an MGT, MDT, or OST

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To start or stop a target:

1. | At the menu bar, click the Configuration drop-down menu and click File Systems.

2. | In the File System column, click the name of the file system in which the target is located. The file system window is displayed.

3. | Under Management Target, Metadata Target or Object Storage Targets, locate the target name in the first column.

4. | At the far right, click the Actions drop-down menu and click Start or Stop for that target. Note that Stop is only available if the server is running; Start is only available if the server is stopped. Click Confirm to complete this action.

Notes:

• | When an MGT is stopped, clients are unable to make new connections to file systems using the MGT, but the MDT and OSTs stay up if they are currently running.

• | When an MDT is stopped, the file system becomes inoperable until the MDT is started again.

• | When an OST is stopped, clients are unable to access the files stored on this OST. Other OSTs on other servers are not affected.