15 Disaster Recovery
This section details the VLS disaster recovery procedures. It includes recovering from operating
system failures, disk array failures, and node failures.
Recovering from Operating System Failure
Re-install the operating system if it becomes corrupted or is lost as a result of node RAID volume
failure.
CAUTION:
Only install the VLS operating system on the node hard drives. Installing any other
operating system on the node hard drives voids the warranty.
NOTE:
The VLS operating system contains all the hardware device drivers, firmware, and utilities
required to operate the VLS.
To re-install the operating system:
1.
When restoring a primary node, power down all of the secondary nodes.
2.
Connect a keyboard to the keyboard connector.
3.
Connect a monitor to the video connector.
4.
Insert the VLS Quick Restore CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-CD drive.
The VLS Quick Restore CD auto starts.
5.
Press
R
on the keyboard to start the re-installation.
The re-installation takes 30 minutes or less to complete. The screen may freeze during the last
10 minutes of the re-installation. This is normal.
The VLS Quick Restore CD is ejected and the system reboots when the re-installation is complete.
6.
Restore the VLS.
The warm failover process automatically restores the node to its previous configuration including
the serial numbers, front-end Fibre Channel WWPNs, virtual device configuration, and licenses.
No reconfiguration is required. See
Restoring the System by Warm Failover
.
If the warm failover process does not restore the system, you can manually restore using a
configuration file. See
Manually Restoring the System
.
If you are restoring a primary node:
a.
Power up the secondary nodes once the primary node fully reboots.
b.
Set it as the master node in Command View VLS. See
Configuring Primary Node 0
. (The
final step of setting the IP address and other public network configurations is not necessary.)
c.
Re-enter the IP addresses of the secondary nodes. See
Setting the Network Settings using
Command View VLS
.
Restoring the System with Warm Failover
After any configuration or license change, the VLS automatically saves (within one hour) the updated
configuration and licenses to a hidden virtual cartridge stored on the back-end disk arrays. When
you replace the node or node hard drives, or re-install the operating system, the VLS uses this
information to automatically restore the system to a configuration identical to what it had before.
This automated process eliminates the need to manually restore the configuration.
Manually Restoring the System
After re-installing the operating system, the warm failover feature restores the licenses and
configuration settings. However, if the warm failover does not occur (for example, due to a corrupt
or missing file), the VLS virtual library configuration and network settings can be quickly restored
Recovering from Operating System Failure
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