Maintaining Availability of Storage Units During a Test Performed via a Storage Network

A computing device comprising:

• memory;
• an interface;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the memory and the interface, wherein the processing module is operable to:
• generate a plurality of encoded data slices for storage via a plurality of storage units based on performing an encoding function upon at least one data object;
• store the plurality of encoded data slices via a set of storage units located in a plurality of different locations;
• perform testing of a storage unit of the set of storage units;
• maintain availability of a subset of the set of storage units that includes a predetermined threshold number of storage units of the set of storage units during the testing of the storage unit;
• generate a testing report regarding the testing of the storage unit;
• and
• access the data object based on reading multiple ones of the plurality of encoded data slices from multiple ones of the set of storage units, wherein the multiple ones of the set of storage units includes the storage unit.