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Monitor live lock activity on a MinIO deployment with mc support top locks (replacement for deprecated mc admin top locks)

Safely restart or stop a MinIO deployment cluster-wide with mc admin service restart / stop

Stream and filter MinIO server logs remotely with mc admin logs

View live scanner and usage status on a MinIO deployment with mc admin scanner status

Check whether manual healing is needed and run mc admin heal on a MinIO deployment

Follow live progress of MinIO rebalance or decommission operations with mc admin trace

Expand a MinIO deployment by adding a new server pool (config hot-reload or MINIO_VOLUMES restart method)

Cancel an in-progress MinIO server pool decommission with mc admin decommission cancel

Decommission (drain and remove) a MinIO server pool with mc admin decommission start and monitor until complete

Stop an in-progress MinIO rebalance job with mc admin rebalance stop and verify it halted

Start a rebalance of a multi-pool MinIO deployment with mc admin rebalance start and check its progress

Authorize a MinIO service account or user to start, monitor, and stop rebalances via the admin:Rebalance policy action

Resume a canceled MinIO pool decommission and understand that cancel does not return the pool to active

Recover from a Failed MinIO pool decommission by restarting the decommission process manually

Interpret mc admin decommission status results (Active, Draining, Complete, Failed, Canceled) and summary vs detailed views

Derive the exact pool TARGET for mc admin decommission (full spec vs hash:<hex>) by listing pools first

Back up MinIO cluster settings before running a decommission or rebalance so you can recover from errors

Understand what an MinIO rebalance does and does not move (expired versions and trailing DeleteMarkers)

Determine whether it is safe to run a MinIO rebalance and how writes behave during the operation

Parse and interpret the output of mc admin rebalance status to monitor a MinIO rebalance programmatically

Follow the live progress of an in-progress MinIO rebalance with mc admin trace --call rebalance ALIAS

Understand what an MinIO rebalance does and does not move (expired versions and trailing DeleteMarkers)

Determine whether it is safe to run a MinIO rebalance and how writes behave during the operation

Parse and interpret the output of mc admin rebalance status to monitor a MinIO rebalance programmatically

Follow the live progress of an in-progress MinIO rebalance with mc admin trace --call rebalance ALIAS

Start decommissioning a MinIO server pool with mc admin decommission start

Watch MinIO deployment metrics live with mc admin info --watch

Check MinIO pool rebalance progress with mc admin rebalance status

Cancel a running MinIO pool decommission with mc admin decommission cancel

Check MinIO pool decommission status and next steps with mc admin decommission status

Start decommissioning a MinIO server pool with mc admin decommission start

Watch MinIO deployment metrics live with mc admin info --watch

Show MinIO deployment health and capacity with mc admin info

Follow the progress of an ongoing MinIO rebalance using mc admin trace

Reload MinIO cluster configuration to apply pool topology changes via SIGHUP (hot reload for config.yaml deployments)

Identify the TARGET pool identifier for MinIO mc admin decommission commands

Back up MinIO cluster settings (buckets, IAM, server config) before decommission or rebalance operations

Stop an in-progress MinIO rebalance operation

Check the status and progress of a MinIO rebalance operation

Start a MinIO rebalance operation to redistribute objects across all server pools for even free space

Expand MinIO storage by adding a server pool with the environment-variable method (MINIO_VOLUMES, requires restart)

Add a new server pool to MinIO to expand storage using the config.yaml hot-reload method (no restart)

Cancel an ongoing MinIO server pool decommissioning process

Check decommissioning status and migration progress of MinIO server pools

Start decommissioning an old MinIO server pool to migrate its data off and retire the hardware

Expand MinIO storage by adding a server pool with the environment-variable method (MINIO_VOLUMES, requires restart)

Add a new server pool to MinIO to expand storage using the config.yaml hot-reload method (no restart)

Cancel an ongoing MinIO server pool decommissioning process

Check decommissioning status and migration progress of MinIO server pools

Start decommissioning an old MinIO server pool to migrate its data off and retire the hardware

Check whether a MinIO heal sequence is already running and read its current status

Combine objects split across MinIO pools with mc admin heal --cross-pool

Show detailed MinIO heal status including per-drive and offline-drive history (mc admin heal --verbose)

Remove dangling objects encountered while healing a MinIO bucket (mc admin heal --remove)

Heal only a specific MinIO erasure set with mc admin heal --set

Heal only a specific MinIO erasure set with mc admin heal --set

Heal only a specific MinIO pool with mc admin heal --pool

Recursively heal every object under a MinIO bucket or prefix with mc admin heal --recursive

Dry-run a MinIO object heal to inspect damage without mutating any data (mc admin heal --dry-run)

Run a deep-scan heal on MinIO objects to catch silent bit rot with mc admin heal --scan deep

Heal only a specific MinIO erasure set with mc admin heal --set

Heal only a specific MinIO pool with mc admin heal --pool

Recursively heal every object under a MinIO bucket or prefix with mc admin heal --recursive

Dry-run a MinIO object heal to inspect damage without mutating any data (mc admin heal --dry-run)

Run a deep-scan heal on MinIO objects to catch silent bit rot with mc admin heal --scan deep

Heal only a specific MinIO erasure set with mc admin heal --set

Heal only a specific MinIO pool with mc admin heal --pool

Recursively heal every object under a MinIO bucket or prefix with mc admin heal --recursive

Dry-run a MinIO object heal to inspect damage without mutating any data (mc admin heal --dry-run)

Run a deep-scan heal on MinIO objects to catch silent bit rot with mc admin heal --scan deep

show current MinIO background heal status and per-drive healing state (mc admin heal --verbose --all-drives)

remove dangling objects while healing a MinIO bucket (mc admin heal --remove)

force-stop a running MinIO heal sequence (mc admin heal --force-stop)

Force-start a new MinIO heal sequence even if one is already running (mc admin heal --force-start)

Heal only a specific MinIO pool or erasure set (mc admin heal --pool/--set)

Run a deep-scan heal on MinIO objects to catch silent corruption (mc admin heal --scan deep)

Recursively heal every object under a MinIO bucket or prefix (mc admin heal --recursive)

Dry-run a MinIO object heal to inspect damage without mutating data (mc admin heal --dry-run)

Heal damaged or corrupted objects in a MinIO bucket with mc admin heal

Heal only a specific MinIO pool or erasure set (mc admin heal --pool/--set)

Run a deep-scan heal on MinIO objects to catch silent corruption (mc admin heal --scan deep)

Recursively heal every object under a MinIO bucket or prefix (mc admin heal --recursive)

Dry-run a MinIO object heal to inspect damage without mutating data (mc admin heal --dry-run)

Heal damaged or corrupted objects in a MinIO bucket with mc admin heal

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Show a MinIO bucket's default SSE encryption config with mc encrypt info

Enable default SSE-KMS encryption on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set

Enable default SSE-S3 server-side encryption on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set

mc od: upload a file and measure upload time per part (speed test)

Skip parts of a file during an mc od upload with skip=

Upload only the first N parts of a file with mc od parts=

Upload a file to MinIO with a custom part size using mc od size=

Upload a file to MinIO in parts with mc od (object dispersion)

Check MinIO cluster/server health with mc admin info

Enable, suspend, or check versioning status on a MinIO bucket with mc version

Create a MinIO bucket with mc mb (including versioning/locking options)

Delete objects from a MinIO bucket with mc rm (including versions and recursive)

Clean up MinIO delete markers automatically with an ILM expire-delete-marker rule

Add a lifecycle expiration rule to a MinIO bucket with mc ilm rule add

Enable default server-side encryption (SSE) on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set

Check MinIO server/cluster health and capacity with mc admin info

Measure upload throughput on MinIO with mc od (object dispersion, dd-style)

Upload and download objects to/from MinIO with mc cp

Remove a MinIO bucket including its contents with mc rb

Access and administer a MinIO deployment through the embedded web Console UI

Synchronize local files to a MinIO bucket (one-shot or watch mode) with mc mirror

Enable, suspend, or check versioning status on a MinIO bucket with mc version

Create a MinIO bucket with mc mb (including versioning/locking options)

Delete objects from a MinIO bucket with mc rm (including versions and recursive)

Clean up MinIO delete markers automatically with an ILM expire-delete-marker rule

Add a lifecycle expiration rule to a MinIO bucket with mc ilm rule add

Enable default server-side encryption (SSE) on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set

Check MinIO server/cluster health and capacity with mc admin info

Measure upload throughput on MinIO with mc od (object dispersion, dd-style)

Upload a file in fixed-size parts with mc od (object dispersion / erasure-code style part upload)

Enable legal hold (WORM) object locking on MinIO objects with mc legalhold set

View or remove the default server-side encryption setting on a MinIO bucket

Set default SSE-KMS server-side encryption with a specific key on a MinIO bucket

Set a hard bucket quota on MinIO with mc quota set

Configure an mc alias to connect to a MinIO or S3-compatible endpoint

List, edit, and remove MinIO lifecycle rules with mc ilm rule ls / edit / rm

Set default SSE-S3 server-side encryption on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set

View and remove a MinIO bucket quota with mc quota info / clear

Check MinIO cluster/server health with mc admin info

Lift or inspect legal hold (WORM) on MinIO objects with mc legalhold clear / info

Set default SSE-S3 server-side encryption on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set

Add a lifecycle expiration rule to a MinIO bucket with mc ilm rule add

View and remove a MinIO bucket quota with mc quota info / clear

Lift or inspect legal hold (WORM) on MinIO objects with mc legalhold clear / info

Check MinIO cluster/server health with mc admin info

Add a lifecycle expiration rule to a MinIO bucket with mc ilm rule add

Set WORM retention rules or the default object-lock on a MinIO bucket (mc retention set)

Enable legal hold (WORM object lock) on MinIO objects (mc legalhold set)

Set the default server-side encryption (SSE) mode on a MinIO bucket (mc encrypt set)

Suspend (disable) MinIO bucket versioning (mc version suspend)

Enable MinIO bucket versioning, optionally excluding prefixes/folders and purging all versions on delete (mc version enable)

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Inspect a MinIO object's erasure-code shard/part dispersion across drives (mc admin object info)

Show MinIO cluster/server health and erasure-code configuration (mc admin info)

Synchronize a local directory or bucket to a MinIO bucket, including watch and active-active modes (mc mirror)

Move objects between MinIO buckets or hosts, optionally renaming, filtering by age, or re-encrypting (mc mv)

Summarize disk usage of a MinIO bucket or folder (mc du)

Set tags on MinIO objects or buckets (mc tag set)

Set a hard storage quota on a MinIO bucket (mc quota set)

Set WORM retention rules or the default object-lock on a MinIO bucket (mc retention set)

Enable legal hold (WORM object lock) on MinIO objects (mc legalhold set)

Set the default server-side encryption (SSE) mode on a MinIO bucket (mc encrypt set)

Suspend (disable) MinIO bucket versioning (mc version suspend)

Enable MinIO bucket versioning, optionally excluding prefixes/folders and purging all versions on delete (mc version enable)

Suspend (disable) MinIO bucket versioning (mc version suspend)

Enable MinIO bucket versioning, optionally excluding prefixes/folders and purging all versions on delete (mc version enable)

Create a MinIO bucket with versioning or object locking at creation with mc mb

Copy a specific version or point-in-time state of a MinIO object with mc cp --version-id / --rewind

List tags on a MinIO object or bucket with mc tag list

Remove all tags from a MinIO object or bucket with mc tag remove

Check the versioning status of a MinIO bucket with mc version info

Suspend (disable) versioning on a MinIO bucket with mc version suspend

Summarize disk usage of a MinIO bucket or folder with mc du

Move an object or bucket between MinIO/S3 locations with mc mv

Summarize disk usage of a MinIO bucket or folder with mc du

Move an object or bucket between MinIO/S3 locations with mc mv

Sync a local directory into a MinIO bucket with mc mirror

Search and filter objects in a MinIO bucket with mc find

Apply a custom IAM JSON policy for anonymous bucket access with mc anonymous set-json

Read a MinIO bucket's anonymous access policy with mc anonymous get / get-json

Set anonymous (public) access policy on a MinIO bucket with mc anonymous set

Remove or query legal hold on MinIO objects with mc legalhold clear and info

Enable indefinite legal hold (WORM) on MinIO objects with mc legalhold set

Remove WORM retention from a MinIO object or clear bucket default with mc retention clear

Check MinIO object/bucket WORM retention settings with mc retention info

Set WORM object-lock retention on a specific MinIO object or version with mc retention set

Set a bucket-level default WORM object-lock retention policy with mc retention set --default

Upload a local file to a MinIO bucket in fixed-size parts with mc od (dd-like multipart upload test)

Set a bucket-level default WORM object-lock retention policy with mc retention set --default

Upload a local file to a MinIO bucket in fixed-size parts with mc od (dd-like multipart upload test)

Generate temporary download or upload access URLs for a MinIO object with mc share

Export MinIO Prometheus metrics and scrape configuration with mc admin prometheus

Set or clear a hard quota on a MinIO bucket with mc admin bucket quota

Stream stdin into a MinIO object with mc pipe

Compare two MinIO buckets or directories for differences with mc diff

Check whether a MinIO cluster is ready or in maintenance with mc ready

Listen for MinIO object change events with mc watch

List MinIO buckets and objects in a tree view with mc tree

Search and filter MinIO objects by name, age, and size with mc find

Show MinIO bucket or object metadata with mc stat

Show MinIO server and cluster health information with mc admin info

Measure single-stream upload and download throughput to a MinIO or S3 bucket with mc od

Install the MinIO client and configure an alias to a MinIO AIStor / S3-compatible bucket (mc or mcli)

Enable server-side encryption on a MinIO bucket with mc encrypt set (SSE-S3 or SSE-KMS)

Apply or clear a legal hold on MinIO objects with mc legalhold

Apply object retention mode and duration in MinIO with mc retention set

Enable object lock and versioning on a new MinIO bucket with mc mb --with-lock

Create a MinIO user and attach an IAM policy with mc admin user add and mc admin policy attach

List and inspect MinIO service accounts with mc admin user svcacct list

Create a MinIO service account (S3 access key) for a user with mc admin user svcacct add

Configure server-side bucket replication between MinIO clusters with mc replicate add

Prune MinIO object versions older than N days with mc rm --older-than

Delete a specific object version by version-id in MinIO with mc rm --version-id

List all object versions in a MinIO versioned bucket with mc ls --versions

Remove all non-current object versions from a MinIO bucket with mc rm --non-current

Back up and restore the MinIO server configuration with mc admin config export/import

Set a MinIO server configuration key with mc admin config set

Get or list MinIO server configuration settings with mc admin config get

Run an S3 Select SQL query against CSV/JSON/Parquet objects with mc sql

Set custom tags on a MinIO bucket or object with mc tag set

Attach an IAM policy to a MinIO user or group with mc admin policy attach

Add a new MinIO user with mc admin user add

Set or update the default bucket SSE encryption mode with mc encrypt set

Mirror or synchronize a local directory to a MinIO bucket with mc mirror

Generate a presigned URL in Python with the MinIO SDK

Store and retrieve objects on MinIO with the Python minio SDK

Generate a presigned download or upload URL for a MinIO object

Add a lifecycle expiration rule to a MinIO bucket with mc ilm rule add

Enable bucket versioning on MinIO with mc version enable

Set an anonymous public bucket policy on MinIO with mc anonymous set

Delete an object or bucket in MinIO with mc rm

Download an object from a MinIO bucket with mc get or mc cp

Upload a file or directory to a MinIO bucket with mc put or mc cp

List MinIO buckets and objects with mc ls

Create a MinIO bucket with mc mb

Configure an mc alias to connect to a MinIO or S3-compatible endpoint

Start a MinIO (AIStor) server in a container for local S3 testing