Recovering from an iSCSI Storage Appliance Failure
Reconnecting Mirrored Volumes
Before you begin, ensure that you are connected to each iSCSI Storage Appliance
that hosts the mirrored volumes, using either a monitor and keyboard or a serial
cable connected to a system running a terminal emulation program.
In these steps, the iSCSI Storage Appliance with the replaced flash drive is
Note
called Appliance A; the iSCSI Storage Appliance that contains the mirrored
volumes is called Appliance B.
Use Appliance B's CLI to ensure that Appliance B is logged in to Appliance A.
1
If Appliance A does not have a new IP address, skip to Step d below.
If Appliance A has a new IP address:
Type
controller manage Appliance_A ip remove oldIPaddress
a
Type
controller manage Appliance_A ip add newIPaddress
b
Appliance B logs in to Appliance A. (This may take a few moments.)
c
Type
controller list
d
Confirm that Appliance A's controller is listed.
Use Appliance A's CLI to reconnect Appliance A to Appliance B.
2
Type
controller discover IPaddress_of_applianceB
a
Type
controller add IPaddress_of_applianceB
b
Type
controller list
c
listed.
Use Appliance A's CLI to update the IP addresses of remote plexes in Appliance
3
A's mirrors.
Type
mirror manage m1 plex 0/1 IPaddress_of_ApplianceB_iSCSI_interface
a
press
Enter
Repeat Step 1 for each mirror.
b
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, then press
Enter
, then press
Enter
.
, then press
.
, then press
, then press
Enter
. Confirm that Appliance B's controller is
, then press
.
Enter
.
Enter
.
Enter
.
, then