Active/Passive Cluster - Replace one node with new hardware
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
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