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Apple Xsan 1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Upgrading to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger”

The following steps summarize how to move from Xsan 1.0 on Mac OS X v10.3 to
Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.4:

1

Unmount volumes from controllers.

2

Upgrade all controllers to Mac OS X v10.3.9.

3

Upgrade all controllers to Xsan 1.1 on Mac OS X v10.3.9.

4

Upgrade standby controllers to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later and Xsan 1.1.

5

Upgrade the primary controller to Mac OS X v10.4.1 or later and Xsan 1.1.

6

Upgrade the Xsan Admin application on any other administrator computers.

7

(Optional) Fail over to the original primary controller.

8

(Optional) Upgrade client computers.

9

(Optional) Remount volumes on controllers.

Warning:

Do not make any changes to Xsan settings (using either Xsan Admin or the

command-line tools) while you are upgrading your SAN controllers. If you need to
make configuration changes, wait until you finish upgrading all of your controllers.