To trigger a manual storage HA event, follow these steps:
Step 1.
Connect to the active storage controller via SSH. On the Hardware page, the active storage
controller is labeled.
Step 2.
In the active storage controller OS, run the following command to stop the Storage Controller
Services:
> > s s u u d d o o s s y y s s t t e e m m c c t t l l s s t t o o p p t t a a c c p p - - s s t t o o r r a a g g e e - - c c o o n n t t r r o o l l l l e e r r
The passive storage controller becomes active in the Cloud Controller.
Shutting down the storage block
Procedure to power off the ThinkAgile CP storage block.
Procedure performed by: Solution administrator
Execution: Web Portal only
You shut down a storage block (shutting down all storage controllers) directly in the Cloud Controller.
In the Hardware page, in the storage block Action menu
At that point, if there are VMs running and using disks exported by the storage block, the system requests
that the VMs be shut down. This shutdown can be done in the dialog box.
For best results, VM owners should perform a proper shutdown within the VMs based on their application-