Stopping A Package; Failing Over A Package - HP StorageWorks 8000 - NAS User Manual

Stopping a Package

Failing Over a Package

Note This section applies only if you have purchased a high-
availability NAS solution.
The file system services, NFS, and CIFS are temporarily stopped; the volumes
within the package are unmounted; and NFS and CIFS are restarted. Once
the package has been stopped, it can be restarted on any active server in the
cluster. After a package is stopped, the volumes within the package are no
longer available to client systems until the package is restarted. Stopping a
package does not affect the server's cluster status and does not cause the
cluster to go down.
Caution Check the Client Activity page before stopping the package to
make sure no one is accessing it. Stopping a package disrupts
service to users who are accessing the package(s) through the
virtual IP address. After you restart the package, the virtual IP
address is valid again.
To stop a package:
1 In the Command View NAS web interface, click the Storage tab.
2 Navigate down the tree and select Failover Packages.
Select the package you want to stop by clicking the row.
3
4 Select Actions > Stop Package.
Note This section applies only if you have purchased a high-
availability NAS solution.
The specified package fails over to another server in the cluster. The failover
consists of stopping the package on the primary server (node), then starting
the package on the secondary server. This action does not affect the
designated ownership of the package. In other words, the primary node
specified in the package configuration doesn't change. If the cluster were
stopped and restarted, the package would automatically migrate back to its
primary node. This action provides a mechanism for manually failing over
packages without requiring a failure condition. One use of this functionality is
to allow manual load-balancing without requiring the cluster or individual
nodes to be reconfigured and/or rebooted.
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