Switching to a Standby Controller
You can use Xsan Admin to force an active metadata controller to turn over control of
a volume to a standby controller.
To switch a volume to a standby metadata controller:
1
Open Xsan Admin and select Volumes in the SAN Assets list.
2
Select the volume in the list and choose “Force failover” from the Action (gear) pop-up
menu.
From the Command Line
You can also switch a volume to a standby metadata controller using the
cvadmin
fail
command in Terminal. For more information, see the
cvadmin
man page or
“Viewing or Changing Volume and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)” on page 111.
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