| Partner
Field Cluster Status Field
Reload Status Button
Enable Takeover Button
Disable Takeover Button
Initiate Takeover
Button
Initiate Giveback
Button
Initiate
Giveback and Clean Up Button
Force Takeover Button
Force Giveback Button |
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This window shows the the name of the partner of the local
filer and cluster status information, and enables you to perform takeovers and givebacks.
- Displays the name of the other filer in the cluster. If the cluster feature is not
licensed, this field is blank.
- Displays the status of the cluster, including takeover and giveback messages:
- A successful takeover ends with a message like the following:
Tue Jul 21 23:03:22 GMT [filer1: cf_takeover]: Cluster monitor: takeover completed
- A successful giveback ends with a message like the following:
Tue Jul 21 22:37:35 GMT [filer1: cf_giveback]: Cluster monitor: giveback completed
The live filer waits for the failed filer to reboot, then continues with the
following messages:
Tue Jul 21 22:38:35 GMT [filer1: cf_main]: Cluster monitor: partner ok
Tue Jul 21 22:38:35 GMT [filer1: cf_main]: Cluster monitor: takeover of partner enabled
The last message indicates that the filers are operating normally.
Buttons
The buttons perform the actions shown in the following table.
| Button |
Action |
| Reload Status |
Refreshes the Cluster Status information. |
| Enable Takeover |
Enables takeover for the cluster. This is the default; use it after you
disabled takeover. |
| Disable Takeover |
Disables takeover for the cluster. |
| Initiate Takeover |
Starts the takeover process. |
| Initiate Giveback |
Starts the giveback process, which is the return of the identity of the
partner from the virtual filer to the partner. |
| Initiate Giveback
and Clean Up |
Terminates the following events on the virtual filer, then initiates a
giveback to the failed filer:
- Dump processes
- Outstanding CIFS sessions
- Parity checks
- RAID reconstructs
- RAID scrubs
- Vol creates
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| Force Takeover |
Ignores any minor configuration problems that otherwise prevents a
takeover, such as unsynchronized NVRAM due to a faulty interconnect connection, and
initiates a takeover of the partner of the local filer. CAUTION: Use
this button only in desperate circumstances, such as when you cannot complete a takeover
with the Initiate Takeover button. This button forces a takeover in circumstances where a
normal takeover would fail. You can lose data with this command. |
| Force Giveback |
Forces the local filer to perform a giveback even though it detects an
error that would prevent a complete giveback, such as data not being flushed from NVRAM to
the partner’s disks. When the partner reboots as a result of a forced giveback, it
displays the following message:
partner giveback incomplete, some data may be lost
CAUTION: Use this button only in desperate circumstances, such
as when you cannot complete a giveback with the Initiate Giveback button. This button
forces a giveback in circumstances where a normal giveback would fail. You can lose data
with this command. |
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