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4 Upgrading to Xsan 2.1

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Before You Begin

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If You’re Already Using Xsan 2

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If You’re Currently Using Xsan 1.3 or Earlier

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Volume Availability During Upgrade

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Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server?

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Version Compatibility

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Notation Conventions

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Upgrading from Xsan 1.4 to Xsan 2.1

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Step 1:

Back up your SAN volumes

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Step 2:

Unmount and stop volumes

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Step 3:

Verify volume integrity

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Step 4:

Update SAN computers to Xsan 1.4.2

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Step 5:

Upgrade SAN computers to Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard

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Step 6:

Update SAN computers to Mac OS X 10.5.3 or later

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Step 7:

Install Xsan 2 on SAN computers

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Step 8:

Update SAN computers to Xsan 2.1

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Step 9:

Run the SAN setup assistant

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Step 10:

Wait for the volume upgrade to finish

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Step 11:

(Optional) Enable Spotlight on SAN volumes

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Step 12:

(Optional) Adjust controller failover priorities

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Step 13:

Remount volumes on SAN computers

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Upgrading from Xsan 2 to Xsan 2.1

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Step 1:

Update SAN computers to Mac OS X v10.5.3 or later

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Step 2:

Update metadata controllers to Xsan 2.1

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Step 3:

Update clients to Xsan 2.1