i know that

but simply a just want to know the steps, because i am going to do a phisical installation of the replacement

thats all, the rest work is going to be ejecuted by emc remotly. And i want to have an idea of this process

because is my first CS replacement. Any one had a simple explanation of the steps.

the Dart is 5.6.40.3

Thanks.

MC.

Hello,

The EMC customer service rep would normaly perform the hardware replacement.I would hope if they are assisting you that they would also be helping you with some instruction. The hardware replacement is pretty straight forward.Not sure if your Control Station is functional or not but there are some files that you may want a backup of.You can copy then off using SCP, Winscp or other methods.Your EMC rep could help you to identify which files they are. You would then simply shutdown the Control station, carefully marking all the cableing before removing. The Control Station then can be removed from the front and the new Control Staion inserted and connected in the reverse order applying the power last.The Nas code CD with the exact version of code, in your case 5.6.40.3 must be inserted in the control station cd/dvd drive to begin the replacement.The script to replace the Control station then can be run by the EMC resource.

Please understand failure to run the correct replacement script may lead to an outage so care must be taken!

Thnks Chrisv

unfortunally, actual CS, is inaccesible, thats the reason of replacement, we have troubles trying to access some filesystem, with errors.

I want to know if i am unable to access the actual control station and there is no backup of the some files you mentioned

am i going to see my nas personal configuration intact, after replacements completes

thanks.

mc.

what do you mean by NAS configuration ..CIFS/NFS ? Control Station can be offline and Celerra will continue to function.

sure dynamox

celerra is up and working in a production environment

i undestand that, but i am unable to configure, add or delete something else

cause the control station is dead.

I am awaiting for a replacement.

what am i trying to explain and ask is, if  the new CS will keep all definitions

that the failed CS had

thanks

.

i had CS replaced on one of my NS40 a month ago. I had to provide CE with ip/mask/gateway/dns/smtp information so it's either not documented anywhere on EMC side or he did not know how to retrieve that information.  I had a couple of custom scripts in /home/nasadmin and they were gone after replacement so if that's what you mean by definitions then hopefully you have a copy somewhere else.

The major config like file systems, shares, ... isn’t kept on the control station HDD so it will be recovered and the system config will look like the old.

There might be some details like control station IP or callhome config that need to be recovered or entered manually during the procedure.

Also any changes that you have done manually to local files or content in /home/nasadmin will be lost unless you can find a backup.

If you need the exact procedure than you need to ask the support engineer doing or helping with the replacement for it.

Rainer

thanks dynamox

the thing is more simple,

am i going to admin the new control station without any diference with the old one.

and am i going to view all filesystem, cifs servers, datamovers, credentials, etc. as if nothing had happened?

how do they that?

what are they going to required from me before adding the CS?

and what is the step to add this new CS

mc

am i going to admin the new control station without any diference with the old one. and am i going to view all filesystem, cifs servers, datamovers, credentials, etc. as if nothing had happened? how do they that? what are they going to required from me before adding the CS? and what is the step to add this new CS mc

i don't have access to CE replacement procedure but i can tell you that you will manage it as if nothing happened.