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Confirm that the new controllers are set up correctly

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To confirm correct setup, you enable the HA pair. You also verify that node3 and node4 can access each other's storage and that neither owns data LIFs belonging to other nodes on the cluster. In addition, you confirm that node3 owns node1's aggregates and that node4 owns node2's aggregates, and that the volumes for both nodes are online.

Steps

  1. Enable storage failover by entering the following command on one of the nodes:

    storage failover modify -enabled true -node node3

  2. Verify that storage failover is enabled:

    storage failover show

    The following example shows the output of the command when storage failover is enabled:

    cluster::> storage failover show
                              Takeover
Node           Partner        Possible State Description
-------------- -------------- -------- ------------------
node3          node4          true     Connected to node4
node4          node3          true     Connected to node3

  3. Take one of the following actions:

    If the cluster is a…​ Description

    Two-node cluster

    Enable cluster high availability by entering the following command on either node:
    cluster ha modify -configured true

    Cluster with more than two nodes

    Go to Step 4.

  4. Verify that node3 and node4 belong to the same cluster by entering the following command and examining the output:

    cluster show

  5. Verify that node3 and node4 can access each other's storage by entering the following command and examining the output:

    storage failover show -fields local-missing-disks,partner-missing-disks

  6. Verify that neither node3 nor node4 owns data LIFs home-owned by other nodes in the cluster by entering the following command and examining the output:

    network interface show

    If either node3 or node4 owns data LIFs home-owned by other nodes in the cluster, use the network interface revert command to revert the data LIFs to their home-owner.

  7. Verify that node3 owns the aggregates from node1 and that node4 owns the aggregates from node2:

    storage aggregate show -owner-name node3
    storage aggregate show -owner-name node4

  8. Determine whether any volumes are offline:

    volume show -node node3 -state offline
    volume show -node node4 -state offline

  9. If any volumes are offline, compare them with the list of offline volumes that you captured in Step 19 (d) in Prepare the nodes for upgrade, and bring online any of the offline volumes, as required, by entering the following command, once for each volume:

    volume online -vserver vserver_name -volume volume_name

  10. Install new licenses for the new nodes by entering the following command for each node:

    system license add -license-code license_code,license_code,license_code…​

    The license-code parameter accepts a list of 28 upper-case alphabetic character keys. You can add one license at a time, or you can add multiple licenses at once, each license key separated by a comma.

  11. If self-encrypting drives are being used in the configuration and you have set the kmip.init.maxwait variable to off (for example, in Step 16 of Install and boot node3), you must unset the variable:

    set diag; systemshell -node node_name -command sudo kenv -u -p kmip.init.maxwait

  12. To remove all of the old licenses from the original nodes, enter one of the following commands:

    system license clean-up -unused -expired
    system license delete -serial-number node_serial_number -package licensable_package

    • To delete all expired licenses, enter:

      system license clean-up -expired

    • To delete all unused licenses, enter:

      system license clean-up -unused

    • To delete a specific license from a cluster, enter the following commands on the nodes:

      system license delete -serial-number node1_serial_number -package *
      system license delete -serial-number node2_serial_number -package *

      The following output is displayed:

      Warning: The following licenses will be removed:
<list of each installed package>
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y

      Enter y to remove all of the packages.

  13. Verify that the licenses are correctly installed by entering the following command and examining its output:

    system license show

    You can compare the output with the output that you captured in Step 30 of Prepare the nodes for upgrade.

  14. Configure the SPs by performing the following command on both nodes:

    system service-processor network modify -node node_name

    Go to References to link to the System Administration Reference for information about the SPs and the ONTAP 9 Commands: Manual Page Reference for detailed information about the system service- processor network modify command.

  15. If you want to set up a switchless cluster on the new nodes, go to References to link to the Network Support Site and follow the instructions in Transitioning to a two-node switchless cluster.

After you finish

If Storage Encryption is enabled on node3 and node4, complete the steps in Set up Storage Encryption on the new controller module. Otherwise, complete the steps in Decommission the old system.