Connecting A Second Expansion Shelf To An Existing 3Tb Expansion Shelf And A 3Tb Primary Shelf - VERITAS NetBackup 5330 Appliance Hardware Installation Manual

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Connecting a second Expansion Shelf to an existing 3TB Expansion Shelf and a 3TB Primary Shelf

Connecting a second Expansion Shelf to an

existing 3TB Expansion Shelf and a 3TB Primary

Shelf

A soft shutdown informs the NetBackup Appliance operating system to stop and

close all active processes. A soft shutdown also stops all communications to the

attached storage shelf. After the operating system stops all of the processes, the

compute node powers itself off. All attached storage shelves should be turned off

with the power switches on the rear panel of each shelf.

Note: When you add one Expansion Shelf to an existing compute node and a

Primary Shelf, you do not have to turn off the power.

To perform a soft shutdown

Ensure that all backup or restore operations have been completed.

Support > Shutdown.

You can add one Expansion Shelf that uses 6TB disk drives to an existing appliance

system that has 3TB disk drives.

Note: Before you add a second Expansion Shelf to your system, you must upgrade

to NetBackup Appliance Release 2.7.1, or later. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance

Upgrade Guide for Release 2.7.x - RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Operating

System, which is located at the following site.

https://veritas.com/support/en_US/article.DOC2792.html

Caution: When you add a second Expansion Shelf to an operational appliance

system, best practices recommend that you turn off the compute node, the Primary

Shelf, and the existing Expansion Shelf.

However, it is possible to add an Expansion Shelf to a functioning system while the

power remains on. If you need to keep the power on, contact Technical Support

for assistance. Ask your representative to reference Article 000097607.

Turn off the compute node, the Primary Shelf, and the existing Expansion Shelf in

that order. Refer to the following link for background information as needed.

See "Performing a soft shutdown before adding a new Expansion Shelf" on page 54.

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