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Recover from StorageGRID primary Admin Node failures using a non-primary Admin Node

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You must complete a specific set of tasks to recover from a primary Admin Node failure using a non-primary Admin Node. The primary Admin Node hosts the Configuration Management Node (CMN) service for the grid.

Follow these high-level steps to recover a primary Admin Node using a non-primary Admin Node:

  1. Copy audit logs from failed primary Admin Node

  2. Replace primary Admin Node

  3. Select Start recovery to configure primary Admin Node

  4. Determine hotfix requirement for primary Admin Node

  5. Restore audit log on recovered primary Admin Node

  6. Restore Prometheus metrics when recovering primary Admin Node