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Running the Script
StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide
index can take hours for very large databases. TSM will be unavailable
after upgrading to StorNext 5 release 5.0.1 (and later) until the indexing
has completed.
Note: This does not apply to upgrades from StorNext 5 release 5.0.1 to
StorNext 5 release 5.1.
To minimize TSM downtime after upgrade, the
can be created prior to upgrading to StorNext 5 release 5.0.1 (and later)
using the
index_tierfiles.pl
Metadata Appliances page on CSWeb. The script can be run while TSM
is running, although it may impact the performance of other operations
while the index is being added to the database.
Note: The following script should only be executed against StorNext
release versions supported for direct upgrade to StorNext 5
release 5.0.1 (and later).
To manually add the index:
1 Download the
index_tierfiles.pl
2 Login to the primary MDC, and access the command line of the
system.
• User: stornext
• Password: (enter the password for the stornext account)
3 Type sudo rootsh to gain root user access.
4 Enter the password a second time.
5 Copy the
index_tierfiles.pl
the /tmp directory on the primary MDC node.
6 Source the profile:
. /usr/adic/.profile
7 Verify that the database is up by running:
mysql_control start
8 Execute:
/tmp/index_tierfiles.pl
Chapter 3: Basic System Operations
Before Upgrading Firmware
classndxatimeme
script availablefrom the StorNext
file from CSWeb.
file downloaded from CSWeb to
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