15. After the configuration synchronization is complete without errors, press
y
when prompted to confirm that
the backup procedure was successful.
16. Press
y
when prompted whether to use the restored copy, and then press
y
when prompted to reboot the
controller.
17. Verify that the environmental variables are set as expected.
a. Take the controller to the LOADER prompt.
From the ONTAP prompt, you can issue the command 'system node halt -skip-lif-migration-before
-shutdown true -ignore-quorum-warnings true -inhibit-takeover true'.
b. Check the environment variable settings with the
printenv
command.
c. If an environment variable is not set as expected, modify it with the
setenv
environment-
variable-name
changed-value
command.
d. Save your changes using the
savenv
command.
e. Reboot the controller.
18. With the rebooted impaired controller displaying the
Waiting for giveback…
message, perform a
giveback from the healthy controller:
If your system is in…
Then…
An HA pair
After the impaired controller is displaying the
Waiting for
giveback…
message, perform a giveback from the healthy controller:
a. From the healthy controller:
storage failover giveback
-ofnode partner_node_name
The impaired controller takes back its storage, finishes booting,
and then reboots and is again taken over by the healthy controller.
If the giveback is vetoed, you can consider
overriding the vetoes.
ONTAP 9 High-Availability Configuration Guide
b. Monitor the progress of the giveback operation by using the
storage failover show-giveback
command.
c. After the giveback operation is complete, confirm that the HA pair
is healthy and that takeover is possible by using the
storage
failover show
command.
d. Restore automatic giveback if you disabled it using the
storage
failover modify
command.
19. Exit advanced privilege level on the healthy controller.
Boot the recovery image - AFF A700s
You must boot the ONTAP image from the USB drive, restore the file system, and verify
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