Hi there,

I have to replace one Node from an Active/Passive iSCSI Cluster with new hardware.
At the moment I don't use MPIO, I use a rr-bond with two NICs.


My idea:
Shutdown all Virtual Machines (I use the Storage for VMware) and stop the Failover Cluster. Then stop the Storage Replication and shutdown the Node.
After that I can change the iSCSI IP in VMware from the Virtual IP to the IP-address of the rr-bond and reconnect it.
--> I made an standalone DSS with ISCSI out of the Active/Passive Cluster


After that I will replace the server, install Open-E and configure the storage replication.
As soon as the new storage is replicated (this will take some hours) I will stop the DSS, reconfigure the Active/Passive Cluster and start everything.



After this step is done, I will change to MPIO configuration & upgrade to V7 but I think this is no big deal....



What do you think, will this work?
Any ideas or suggestions?


Thanks.
Manuel