PowerShell Cmdlets

ScaleOut StateServer (SOSS) can be managed through a set of PowerShell Cmdlets to configure and administer the in-memory data grid. The SOSS PowerShell module can be used by directly importing the SossAdministration Powershell module within Powershell (for example, Import-Module SossAdministration) or by using the ScaleOut StateServer PowerShell shortcut which will automatically import the SossAdministration PowerShell module. The ScaleOut StateServer PowerShell shortcut is located in the installation directory.

Add-Host
Activate the StateServer service for the selected host. This causes the selected host to join the store and accept a portion of the workload.
Add-AllHosts
Activate the StateServer service for all hosts. This causes the hosts to join the store and accept a portion of the workload.
Remove-Host

De-activate the StateServer service for the selected host. This causes the selected host to leave the store.

[Note] Note

It is important to allow a host to fully leave the store prior to shutting down the host or restarting the StateServer service. Otherwise, the host will abruptly leave the store, and other hosts will trigger recovery actions that further delay resumption of full storage throughput. In some cases, the distributed store can be destabilized, especially if multiple hosts are simultaneously stopped in this manner. Be sure to wait for the command to fully complete (indicated by an inactive status) prior to restarting the host. Use the leave_wait command instead of this command whenever possible.

Remove-AllHosts
De-activate the StateServer service for all hosts. This causes all hosts to leave the store. The store will be inactive and unable to service workload.
Add-GroupHost
Adds a group host to the SOSS group host list.
Remove-GroupHost
Removes a group host from the SOSS group host list.
New-HostGroup
Creates a new host group.
Connect-HostGroup
Connects the local host to the SOSS host group.
Disconnect-HostGroup
Disconnects the local host from the SOSS host group.
Clear-Store
Clears the SOSS store of all objects.
Restart-Host
Restart the StateServer service for the selected host. This command first attempts to have the selected host leave the store and then restarts the service through the host’s Windows service control manager.
Restart-AllHosts
Restart the StateServer service for all hosts. This command immediately restarts the service on all hosts through the host’s Windows service control manager.
Set-HostParameters
Set configuration parameters for the selected host.
Get-HostParameters
Show the status and configuration information for the selected host.
Get-HostStatistics
Displays the Create/Read/Update/Delete workload for the selected host or store.
Get-Host
Displays the status of the target SOSS host or the entire SOSS store.
Get-Namespace
Displays the namespaces registered with the SOSS service.
Test-Store
Tests the connectivity between all SOSS hosts.
Add-RemoteStore
Adds a GeoServer connection to a remote SOSS store.
Remove-RemoteStore
Removes a GeoServer connection to a remote SOSS store.
Test-RemoteStoreConnection
Tests the connectivity to a remote GeoServer store.
Start-RemoteStoreReplication
Starts GeoServer replication to the target remote store.
Stop-RemoteStoreReplication
Stops GeoServer replication to the target remote store.
Sync-RemoteStoreReplication
Syncs the local SOSS store with the target remote store.
Start-AllRemoteStoreReplication
Starts GeoServer replication with all configured remote stores.
Stop-AllRemoteStoreReplication
Stops GeoServer replication with all configured remote stores.
Sync-AllRemoteStoreReplication
Syncs the local SOSS store with all configured remote stores.
Get-AllRemoteSTores
Displays all remote GeoServer store parameters.
Backup-AllHosts
Perform a backup operation which will write the contents of the SOSS store or a specified NamedCache to disk.
Restore-AllHosts
Perform a restor operation which will read the contents of a backup file from disk restoring the objects to the distributed store.

Example: The Set-HostParameters and Get-HostParameters can be used to quickly update a hosts configuration. For example, the following commands will configure a recently installed host with IP address 10.0.4.100 to use a new multicast IP address for host auto-discovery: "$val = Get-HostParameters -HostAddress 10.0.4.100 ; $val.MulticastIP = 224.0.0.19 ; Set-HostParameters $val". This string of commands will pull the current configuration for host 10.0.4.100, change the multicast IP address, and then update the host configuration.