
Chapter 3: Basic System Operations
Converting to HA
StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide
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• The current user account will eventually time out and the GUI will
stop functioning when the power to Metadata Appliance is
removed during reboot. Status updates will cease and the GUI will
not be fully-functional again until the system completes rebooting
both MDC nodes.
Post-Upgrade Failover
If you desire to failover your system after the upgrade, see
Deleting Uploaded Files
Follow these steps to delete uploaded files you no longer need:
1
Log into the StorNext GUI.
2
Choose
Tools > Firmware Upgrade
.
3
The
Firmware Upgrade
page appears
4
Select from the list the file you want to delete, and then click
Delete
. (If you want to delete multiple files, you must delete them
one at a time.)
5
When a confirmation appears, click
Yes
to proceed or
No
to abort.
When a message informs you that the file was successfully deleted, click
OK
.
Converting to HA
Note:
If you are upgrading to StorNext 5 or later from StorNext 4.7 or
later, and have previously converted your system to HA
configuration, the conversion process is unnecessary.
Previously-converted systems will not be taken out of HA
configuration, so the option to convert to HA is unavailable.
This section describes the configuration steps necessary to convert two
StorNext MDC nodes into a High Availability MDC pair connected to a
shared file system. Converting to HA consists of selecting the dedicated