Xsan

Migration Guide
Includes instructions for upgrading from
Xsan 1.0 to Xsan 1.1

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Preface

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Contents

About This Guide

Notation Conventions

Chapter 1

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General Information About Upgrading

Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server?
Migrating Without Interruption
About Primary and Standby Controllers
If You Dont Have a Standby Controller
Where to Get the Updates
Version Compatibility

Chapter 2

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Upgrading to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9 Panther

Chapter 3

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Upgrading to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger

Why You Must First Upgrade to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9
Why You Must Update to Xsan 1.1 Twice

Contents

Preface

About This Guide

This guide shows how to upgrade to Xsan 1.1.

Follow the instructions in this guide to upgrade your Xsan file system from Xsan 1.0 on
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.3 to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server
version 10.3.9 Panther or version 10.4 Tiger.
For general information about upgrading, read Chapter 1.
For instructions about how to upgrade from Xsan 1.0 to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X or
Mac OS X Server version 10.3, read Chapter 2.
For instructions about how to upgrade from Xsan 1.0 to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X or
Mac OS X Server version 10.4, read Chapter 3.

Notation Conventions
The following conventions are used in this book wherever shell commands or other
command-line items are described.
Notation

Indicates

monospaced font

A command or other terminal text

A shell prompt

[text_in_brackets]

An optional parameter

(one|other)

Alternative parameters (type one or the other)

underlined

A parameter you must replace with a value

[...]

A parameter that may be repeated

<anglebrackets>

A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration

Preface About This Guide

General Information About

Upgrading

This chapter contains general information that you

should be aware of before you upgrade your Xsan
storage area network (SAN).
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server?
The Xsan file system, the Xsan Admin application, and the Xsan User Quotas
application run identically on Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. Any statement in this
guide about Mac OS X also applies to Mac OS X Server.

Migrating Without Interruption

The instructions in this guide show you how to upgrade without interfering with the
availability of your Xsan volumes. If you follow the instructions, clients and applications
can access the SAN volumes during the upgrade.
This constant availability is based on the ability of the Xsan software to switch control
of a volume from one metadata controller to another if the first becomes unresponsive.
This process, called failover, requires you to have at least two metadata controllers in
your SAN.
Note: Even if you have two controllers in your SAN, there will be a brief period (when
the controller you are upgrading is restarting) during which your SAN has only one
functioning controller. If you cant afford to risk this single point of failure even for a
short time, you should temporarily add a third controller to your SAN. You can do this
by temporarily promoting a suitable client computer to the role of controller. See
Promoting a Client to Standby Controller on page 9.

If Volume Availability During the Upgrade Is Not Important

If your SAN volumes dont need to be available during the upgrade, you can stop the
volumes and then perform the upgrade as you would any software upgrade, without
relying on controller failover. However, if you are upgrading to Mac OS X or Mac OS X
Server v10.4, be sure that you choose to perform an update installation, not a clean
installation. Otherwise, youll lose your volume and SAN configuration files.

About Primary and Standby Controllers

Each Xsan volume is hosted by a metadata controller, called the volumes primary
controller. To ensure availability of the volume and to protect against data loss, you
usually set up at least one other computer, called a standby controller, to act as a
backup. If a volumes primary controller or the file system processes running on it
become unresponsive, the standby controller takes control of the volume during
controller failover.
On a controller that is hosting more than one volume, its possible for a single volume
to fail over to a standby controller while other volumes hosted by the controller
continue unaffected. The volume that failed over now has a different primary controller
than the other volumes. So, in a SAN with more than one volume, each volume can,
through the process of failover, end up on a different primary controller.
The instructions in this guide take advantage of failover to maintain volume availability
without your having to know which controller is hosting a volume. All you need to be
sure of is that there is another controller ready to host volumes that are currently
hosted on the controller you are upgrading.

If You Dont Have a Standby Controller

If you have set up your SAN with a single metadata controller, you can do one of the
following during the upgrade:
Unmount and stop all of your SAN volumes for the duration of the upgrade.
(The volumes will be unavailable during the upgrade.)
Temporarily promote a client computer to the role of controller during the upgrade.
(Clients will be able to use the volumes during the upgrade.)
Note: You should consider permanently adding a second controller to your SAN. Losing
a metadata controller without a standby can result in the loss of all data on a volume
and means that your volumes are not available during controller upgrades. Including a
standby controller in your SAN configuration is highly recommended.

Chapter 1 General Information About Upgrading

Promoting a Client to Standby Controller

You can temporarily change the role of a client computer so that it functions as a
standby controller during the upgrade process. This will allow uninterrupted access to
your SAN volumes during the upgrade.
To promote a client to controller:
1 In Xsan Admin, select the SAN in the SAN Components list and click Setup.
2 Select the client in the computer list and click Edit.
3 Choose Controller from the Role pop-up menu.
4 Choose a failover priority of High.
5 Click OK.

Where to Get the Updates

There are several ways you can access the software updates mentioned in this guide.
Xsan 1.1 Update
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
Mac OS X v10.3.9 Update
If the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open the Software Update pane
of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Mac OS X Update Combined version
10.3.9 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.

Chapter 1 General Information About Upgrading

Version Compatibility
The following table shows which versions of Xsan and StorNext controllers and clients
can be used in the same SAN.
Controller

Client

Compatible?

Xsan 1.0.x or 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.3) Xsan 1.0.x or 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.3) Yes

Xsan 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.4)

StorNext 2.4

StorNext 2.5

Xsan 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.4)

No

StorNext 2.4

Yes

StorNext 2.5

No

Xsan 1.0.x or 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.3) Yes

Xsan 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.4)

Yes

StorNext 2.4

No

StorNext 2.5

Yes

Xsan 1.0.x or 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.3) Yes

Xsan 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.4)

No

StorNext 2.4

Yes

StorNext 2.5

No

Xsan 1.0.x or 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.3) Yes

Xsan 1.1 (Mac OS X v10.4)

Yes

StorNext 2.4

Yes

StorNext 2.5

Yes

Important: If any client on your SAN is running Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4, your
controllers must all be running the same version (Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4).
You cant use a controller running Mac OS X v10.3 if any client is running Xsan 1.1 on
Mac OS X v10.4.

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Upgrading to Xsan 1.1 on

Mac OS X v10.3.9 Panther

Follow the instructions in this chapter if you are currently

using Xsan 1.0 and you want to upgrade to Xsan 1.1 on
Mac OS X v10.3.9.
The following steps summarize how to move from Xsan 1.0 to Xsan 1.1 on
Mac OS X v10.3:
1 Upgrade the operating system on one controller at a time to Mac OS X v10.3.9.
2 Upgrade Xsan on one controller at a time to Xsan 1.1.
3 Upgrade the Xsan Admin application on any other administrator computers.
4 (Optional) Return control of volumes to specific controllers.
5 (Optional) Upgrade client computers to Mac OS X version v10.3.9 and Xsan 1.1.
Warning: Do not make any changes to Xsan settings (using either Xsan Admin or the
command-line tools) while you are upgrading your SAN controllers. If you need to
make configuration changes, wait until you finish upgrading all of your controllers.

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Step 1: Upgrade SAN controllers to Mac OS X v10.3.9

Xsan 1.1 requires Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.3.9. If your SAN controllers are
running earlier versions of Mac OS X, you must upgrade them to version 10.3.9 before
you upgrade Xsan.
Important: If you want your SAN volumes to be available to clients during the upgrade,
upgrade your SAN controllers one at a time so there is always a standby controller
ready to take control of any volume currently hosted by the controller you are
upgrading.
Note: If you want, you can use the cvadmin fail command to force failover and then
verify that it was successful before you upgrade a controller (instead of relying on
failover to take place behind the scenes when you restart the computer). For more
information, see the cvadmin man page.
To upgrade your controllers to Mac OS X v10.3.9:
1 Run the update installer on a controller computer.
If the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open the Software Update pane
of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Mac OS X Update Combined version
10.3.9 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
2 Restart the controller computer when prompted.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each controller in your SAN.

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Step 2: Upgrade controllers to Xsan 1.1

Now that all controllers are running Mac OS X v10.3.9, you can upgrade the Xsan
software to Xsan 1.1.
Important: If you want your SAN volumes to be available to clients during the upgrade,
upgrade the controllers one at a time so that there is always a standby controller to
assume control of any volume currently hosted by the controller you are upgrading.
To upgrade Xsan on the controllers:
1 Upgrade one controller to Xsan 1.1.
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
2 Restart the controller when prompted by the installer.
Any volume currently hosted by the controller fails over to a standby controller.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each additional controller in your SAN.
Step 3: Upgrade the Xsan Admin application on administrator computers
If you run the Xsan Admin application on other computers to make it easier to manage
the SAN, upgrade the application on those computers to version 1.1.
Note: You can run version 1.1 of the Xsan Admin application on any computer with
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.3 or later installed.
To upgrade the Xsan Admin application:
m Insert the Xsan 1.1 installation disc in the administrator computer, open the Admin
Tools folder, and double-click XsanAdmin.pkg.

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Step 4: (Optional) Return control of volumes to a specific controller

When you restart a controller during the upgrade process, control of the volumes the
controller is hosting switches to a standby controller. After you finish upgrading, you
can use the cvadmin utility to return control of a volume to a specific controller.
To switch control of a volume to the other controller:
m Go to a controller, open Terminal, and type:
$ sudo cvadmin -e fail volume

where volume is the name of the Xsan volume.

To see which controller is hosting a volume:
m Open Xsan Admin, select the volume in the SAN Components list, click Overview. The
name of the volumes controller is to the right of Hosted by. You can also find out
which controller is hosting a volume using the cvadmin command in Terminal. Open
Terminal on a controller and type:
$ sudo cvadmin -e select

If you have more than two controllers:

You cant directly specify the controller that a volume switches to during failover. Xsan
chooses a standby controller based on its failover priority (in the computer settings)
and other factors. If you have only two controllers, you know the volume will switch
from one to the other, but if you have three or more controllers it can be more difficult
to know which standby controller will assume control. To be sure that a volume
switches to a specific controller, you can temporarily change the role of the third or any
additional controllers to Client during the failover.

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Step 5: (Optional) Upgrade client computers

Clients running Xsan 1.0 can use volumes hosted by controllers running Xsan 1.1. on
Mac OS X v10.3.9, so you dont have to upgrade your clients. However, upgrading the
client computers in your SAN is highly recommended.
Note: You wont be able to change the role of a client computer to controller until you
upgrade the client to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9.
To upgrade client computers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9:
1 Run the Mac OS X update installer on the client computer.
If the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open the Software Update pane
of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Mac OS X Update Combined version
10.3.9, and click Install.
If the client is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to the
Internet to download the update installer from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the client computer, and run it.
2 Restart the client computer when prompted.
3 Upgrade the client to Xsan 1.1.
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the client computer, and run it.
4 Restart the client when prompted by the installer.
5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each client in your SAN.

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Upgrading to Xsan 1.1 on

Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger

Follow the instructions in this chapter if you are currently

using Xsan 1.0 and you want to upgrade to Xsan 1.1 on
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.4.
Why You Must First Upgrade to Xsan 1.1 on
Mac OS X v10.3.9
Your Xsan volumes remain available to clients during the upgrade if you have at least
one standby controller. During the upgrade, Xsan switches control of volumes from the
controller youre upgrading to a standby controller. This change of control, called
failover, takes place automatically when the controller that is hosting a volume is not
responding, as it is when you restart it during software installation.
However, a controller running Xsan 1.0 on Mac OS X v10.3 cant fail over directly to a
controller running Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.
Therefore, to make sure your Xsan volumes are available to users throughout the
upgrade process, you start by upgrading your controllers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X
v10.3.9. Then, when you upgrade these controllers to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later, failover
can take place as needed.
Important: If you upgrade the standby controllers directly to Mac O X v10.4, failover
cant take place until the primary controller is also upgraded, and your volumes will be
unavailable until you finish upgrading the primary controller to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X
v10.4.1 or later.

Why You Must Update to Xsan 1.1 Twice

Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3 is not the same software as Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.
So, you need to upgrade once when your controllers are running Mac OS X v10.3.9 and
a second time after upgrading to Mac OS X v10.4.1 (or later) to get all the capabilities of
Xsan on Tiger.

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The following steps summarize how to move from Xsan 1.0 on Mac OS X v10.3 to
Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4:
1 Unmount volumes from controllers.
2 Upgrade all controllers to Mac OS X v10.3.9.
3 Upgrade all controllers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9.
4 Upgrade standby controllers to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later and Xsan 1.1.
5 Upgrade the primary controller to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later and Xsan 1.1.
6 Upgrade the Xsan Admin application on any other administrator computers.
7 (Optional) Fail over to the original primary controller.
8 (Optional) Upgrade client computers.
9 (Optional) Remount volumes on controllers.
Warning: Do not make any changes to Xsan settings (using either Xsan Admin or the
command-line tools) while you are upgrading your SAN controllers. If you need to
make configuration changes, wait until you finish upgrading all of your controllers.

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Step 1: Unmount volumes from all controllers

To avoid difficulties mounting volumes on controllers after upgrading, unmount Xsan
volumes from the controllers before you upgrade.
Note: Unmounting volumes from the controllers does not affect availability for clients.
To unmount a volume:
m In Xsan Admin, select the volume in the SAN Components list and click Clients. Then
select a controller and click Unmount.
Step 2: Upgrade all controllers to Mac OS X v10.3.9
Because Xsan 1.0 controllers cant switch control of volumes directly to Xsan 1.1
controllers that are running Mac OS X v10.4, you must first upgrade your controllers to
Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9 so that failover can take place and your volumes will be
available during the upgrade.
Note: If your volumes dont need to be available during the upgrade, you dont have to
ensure failover compatibility and can skip to Upgrade standby controllers to Mac OS X
v10.4.1 and Xsan 1.1 on page 21.
Important: If you want your SAN volumes to be available to clients during the upgrade,
upgrade your controllers one at a time so there is always a standby controller ready to
take control of any volume currently hosted by the controller you are upgrading.
To upgrade your controllers to Mac OS X v10.3.9:
1 Run the update installer on a controller computer.
If the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open the Software Update pane
of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Mac OS X Update Combined version
10.3.9 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
2 Restart the controller computer when prompted.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each controller in your SAN.

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Step 3: Upgrade all controllers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9

Now that the controllers are running Mac OS X v10.3.9, you can upgrade the Xsan
software to Xsan 1.1.
Important: If you want your SAN volumes to be available to clients during the upgrade,
upgrade the controllers one at a time so that there is always a standby controller to
take control of any volume currently hosted by the controller you are upgrading.
To upgrade Xsan on the controllers:
1 Upgrade one controller to Xsan 1.1.
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
2 Restart the controller when prompted by the installer.
Any volume currently hosted by the controller fails over to a standby controller.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 on each controller in your SAN.

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Step 4: Upgrade standby controllers to Mac OS X v10.4.1 and Xsan 1.1

Now you can upgrade your controllers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server
v10.4.1 or later.
Important: If you want your SAN volumes to be available to clients during the upgrade,
upgrade your standby controllers one at a time so there is always a standby controller
ready to take control of any volume currently hosted by the controller you are
upgrading.
To upgrade your standby controllers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.1:
1 Insert the Mac OS X version 10.4 software installation disc in a standby controller
computer and double-click the Install Mac OS X (or Mac OS X Server) icon.
2 When you reach the Select Destination pane of the installer, click Options and select
Upgrade Mac OS X (or Mac OS X Server).
Important: Be sure to select the upgrade installation, not the clean installation. If you
perform a clean installation of the operating system, the controller will lose its copy of
the Xsan configuration files.
3 Restart the controller computer when prompted by the installer.
4 Update the controller to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later.
Choose Software Update from the Apple menu and install the Mac OS X or Mac OS X
Server v10.4.1 (or later) update.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
5 Upgrade the standby controller to Xsan 1.1.
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
6 Restart the controller when prompted by the installer.
7 Repeat steps 1 through 6 for each additional standby controller in your SAN.

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Step 5: Upgrade the primary controller to Mac OS X v10.4.1 and Xsan 1.1
Now that the standby controllers are running Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later, you
can upgrade the primary controller.
To upgrade your primary controller to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.1:
1 Insert the Mac OS X version 10.4 software installation disc in the primary controller
computer and double-click the Install Mac OS X (or Mac OS X Server) icon.
2 When you reach the Select Destination pane of the installer, click Options and select
Upgrade Mac OS X (or Mac OS X Server).
Important: Be sure to select the upgrade installation, not the clean installation. If you
perform a clean installation of the operating system, the controller will lose its copy of
the Xsan configuration files.
3 Restart the controller computer when prompted by the installer.
4 Update the controller to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later.
Choose Software Update from the Apple menu and install the Mac OS X or Mac OS X
Server v10.4.1 (or later) update.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
5 Upgrade the primary controller to Xsan 1.1.
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the controller is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to
the Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads,
transfer the installer to the controller computer, and run it.
6 Restart the controller when prompted by the installer.

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Step 6: Upgrade the Xsan Admin application on administrator computers

If you run the Xsan Admin application on other computers to make it easier to manage
the SAN, upgrade the application on those computers to version 1.1.
Note: You can run version 1.1 of the Xsan Admin application on any computer with
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.3 or later installed.
To upgrade the Xsan Admin application:
m Insert the Xsan 1.1 installation disc in the administrator computer, open the Admin
Tools folder, and double-click XsanAdmin.pkg.
Step 7: (Optional) Return control of volumes to a specific controller
When you restart a controller during the upgrade process, control of the volumes the
controller is hosting switches to a standby controller. After you finish upgrading, you
can use the cvadmin utility to return control of a volume to a specific controller.
If you have more than two controllers:
You cant directly specify the controller that a volume switches to during failover. Xsan
chooses a standby controller based on its failover priority (in the computer settings)
and other factors. If you have only two controllers, you know the volume will switch
from one to the other, but if you have three or more controllers it can be more difficult
to know which standby controller will assume control. To be sure that a volume
switches to a specific controller, you can temporarily change the role of the third or any
additional controllers to client during the failover.
To switch control of a volume to the other controller:
m Go to a controller, open Terminal, and type:
$ sudo cvadmin -e fail volume

where volume is the name of the Xsan volume.

To see which controller is hosting a volume:
m Open Xsan Admin, select the volume in the SAN Components list, click Overview. The
name of the volumes controller is to the right of Hosted by.
You can also find out which controller is hosting a volume using the cvadmin command
in Terminal. Open Terminal on a controller and type:
$ sudo cvadmin -e select

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Step 8: (Optional) Upgrade client computers

Clients running Xsan 1.0 can use volumes hosted by controllers running Xsan 1.1. on
Mac OS X v10.4, so you are not required to upgrade your clients. However, upgrading
the client computers in your SAN is highly recommended.
Note: You wont be able to change the role of a client computer to controller until you
upgrade the client to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4.
To upgrade client computers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4:
1 Insert the Mac OS X version 10.4 software installation disc in a client computer and
double-click the Install Mac OS X (or Mac OS X Server) icon.
2 When you reach the Select Destination pane of the installer, click Options and select
Upgrade Mac OS X (or Mac OS X Server).
Important: Be sure to select the upgrade installation, not the clean installation. If you
perform a clean installation of the operating system, the client will lose its copy of the
Xsan configuration files.
3 Restart the client computer when prompted by the installer.
4 Update the controller to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later.
Choose Software Update from the Apple menu and install the Mac OS X or Mac OS X
Server v10.4.1 (or later) update.
If the client is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to the
Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads, transfer
the installer to the client computer, and run it.
5 Upgrade the client to Xsan 1.1.
If you have an Xsan 1.1 installation disc, insert it in the computer and double-click
Install Xsan.mpkg.
If you dont have the disc but the computer is connected to the Internet, you can open
the Software Update pane of System Preferences, click Check Now, select the Xsan
Update version 1.1 update, and click Install.
If the client is on a private network, you can use a computer that is connected to the
Internet to download the update from www.apple.com/support/downloads, transfer
the installer to the client computer, and run it.
6 Restart the client when prompted by the installer.
7 Repeat steps 1 through 6 for each client in your SAN.

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Step 9: (Optional) Remount volumes on controllers

If you want, you can now remount Xsan volumes on your controllers.
To mount a volume:
m In Xsan Admin, select the volume in the SAN Components list and click Clients. Then
select a controller and click Mount Read & Write or Mount Read Only.
If you have trouble remounting volumes on controllers
If you have trouble mounting a volume on a controller after the upgrade (if, for
example, you constantly see waiting for file system in the Mounted For column in the
Xsan Admin Clients pane), try restarting all the controllers in the SAN.

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