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Replacing the System Director
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Replacing the System Director
Use the following procedure if you are replacing your System Director to a newer model server.
This includes updating from a 32-bit System Director to a 64-bit System Director, or updating
the Intel
®
SR2400 or SR2500 to the AS3000. Before you start the System Director replacement
procedure:
• Install the new System Director into the rack. If planning a Standby System Director, also
install the second System Director into the rack.
n
The new Standby System Director is configured after this new Active System Director is running,
see
“Configure a Failover Connection” on page 126 .
• Install the Avid ISIS v2.0 or later software on the new System Director, see “Software
Upgrade” on page 144 .
• Make sure your existing Active and Standby System Directors are healthy, verify that the
system is in good working order. Do
not upgrade to the new System Director if there are
issues with the old System Director, see “Health Check” on page 143 .
• Update the software on existing Active and Standby System Directors to the same Avid ISIS
version as the new System Director, see
“Software Upgrade” on page 144 .
Avid has shipped the Intel SR2500 System Director with a 32-bit operating system and 9 MB of
memory. If you have this model System Director and want to upgrade to a 64-bit operating
system, you must purchase a Windows 64-bit operating system license and re-image the 32-bit
Intel SR2500 System Director.
• Save your current version of the metadata, see “On the old servers that are being removed:”
on page 189 .
• Load the Windows operating system, see “Reinstalling the Windows Storage Server 2008
R2 Operating System” on page 196 . This is not necessary if you have purchased a new
System Director.
• Import the current version of the metadata, see “On the new server that is to become the
active System Director:” on page 190 .
On the old servers that are being removed:
1. Identify the existing Standby System Director and stop the System Director service via the
ISIS Control Panel.
2. Identify the existing Active System Director and stop the System Director service via the
ISIS Control Panel.
3. On the Active System Director, locate and preserve the “
PartitionDump.bin
” file.
This file is an exported version of the metadata.