{"id":"d7bb5f26-138d-46d1-bb72-0cfdb160e9d8","task":"Derive the exact pool TARGET for mc admin decommission (full spec vs hash:<hex>) by listing pools first","domain":"min.io","steps":["List the deployment's pools and their identifiers: mc admin decommission status ALIAS (no TARGET) shows every pool with its ID and endpoint","For classic single-arg deployments, use the full pool spec as TARGET, e.g. https://minio-{01...04}.example.net:9000/mnt/disk{1...4}","For deployments started from a startup config file with multi-arg pool definitions, pools appear as hash:<hex> identifiers - copy the full hash string as TARGET (e.g. hash:a10f38e84ec12b)","Use that value as the TARGET argument for mc admin decommission start|status|cancel ALIAS TARGET","Re-list with mc admin decommission status ALIAS if unsure - never guess the identifier from memory"],"gotchas":["Using a stale or incorrectly-formed TARGET fails or targets the wrong pool","Hash:<hex> pool identifiers only appear on config-driven (startup config file) deployments, not classic env-var deployments","The reference command to enumerate pool identifiers is exactly mc admin decommission status ALIAS with no TARGET","Doc: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-decommission.html"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-19T14:28:19.740Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-19T14:28:19.740Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d7bb5f26-138d-46d1-bb72-0cfdb160e9d8"}