5.6 HP StorageWorks X9320 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW542-96006, June 2011)

10 Migrating to an agile management console
The agile management console configuration provides one active management console and one
passive management console installed on different nodes in the cluster. The migration procedure
configures the current Management Server machine as a host for an agile management console
and installs another instance of the agile management console on a file serving node.
You can continue to use the Management Server machine as an agile management console, or
you can install the agile management console on a second file serving node and repurpose the
Management Server machine. Following are some possibilities for repurposing the machine:
• For X9300 Gateway systems, if the Management Server machine is a DL380 server and has
the same hardware, CPU, and memory as the other DL380 file serving nodes in the cluster,
you can convert the machine to a file serving node (to support high availability, there must
be an even number of file serving nodes in the cluster). If the machine is not the same model
and configuration as the existing file serving nodes, it cannot be converted to a file serving
node.
• The Management Server machine can be removed from the cluster and used as an X9000
client. (For information about installing an X9000 client, see the HP X9000 File Serving
Software User Guide.)
• The Management Server machine can be removed the cluster and used for other purposes.
To perform the migration, the X9000 installation code must be available. As delivered, this code
is provided in /tmp/X93xx/ibrix. If this directory no longer exists, download the installation
code from the HP support website for your storage system.
IMPORTANT: The migration procedure can be used only on clusters running HP X9000 File
Serving Software 5.4 or later.
Backing up the configuration
Before starting the migration to the agile management console configuration, make a manual
backup of the management console configuration:
ibrix_fm -B
The resulting backup archive is located at /usr/local/ibrix/tmp/fmbackup.zip. Save a
copy of this archive in a safe, remote location, in case recovery is needed.
Performing the migration
Complete the following steps on the Management Server:
1. The agile management console uses a virtual interface (VIF) IP address to enable failover and
prevent any interruptions to file serving nodes and X9000 clients. The existing cluster NIC IP
address becomes the permanent VIF IP address. Identify an unused IP address to use as the
Cluster NIC IP address for the currently running management console.
2. Disable high availability on the server:
ibrix_server –m -U
3. Using ssh, connect to the management console on the user network if possible.
• Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 file. Change the IP
address to the new, unused IP address and also ensure that ONBOOT=Yes.
• If you have preferred X9000 clients over the user bond1 network, edit the /etc/
sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond1 file. Change the IP address to another
unused, reserved IP address.
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