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Appendix A

Upgrade to Xsan 2.3

Step 5:

Reestablish Open Directory replicas

If you don’t use Xsan Admin to manage SAN users and groups, skip to the next step.

If you use Xsan Admin to manage SAN users and groups, you now have an Open
Directory master on your primary controller (the first controller you upgraded in step
3). However, you must reestablish replicas of that directory on your other controllers.

Recreate the directory replicas:
Open Xsan Admin on one controller and select Computers in the SAN Assets list.

A dialog prompts you to recreate the replicas.
If you’re not asked to replicate the directory, see if you have upgraded all controllers in
the SAN to Mac OS X Lion Server, which includes Xsan 2.3, and then try again.
If the replication prompt still doesn’t appear, select a controller in the Computers pane
in Xsan Admin and choose Make Open Directory Replica from the Action pop-up
menu (gear).

Step 6:

Upgrade the SAN clients

When all SAN controllers have Mac OS X Lion Server, upgrade the SAN clients.

If you’re keeping client computers in the SAN, upgrade them to Mac OS X Lion or

Lion Server.
If you aren’t upgrading a client computer, and it has Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server

v10.6, upgrade it to Xsan 2.2.1 or later.
If a client computer has Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.5 or earlier, you must

upgrade it to v10.6 to use it in your Xsan 2.3 SAN.
If you have client computers with PowerPC processors, you can’t use them in your

Xsan 2.3 SAN. You can replace them with Macs that have Intel processors and Fibre
Channel ports or adapters.

Upgrade Mac OS X and Xsan:
Open the Mac App Store on the client computer you want to upgrade, and purchase

Mac OS X Lion.
After you purchase Mac OS X Lion, the Mac OS X Install Assistant opens. It upgrades
Mac OS X v10.6 to Mac OS X Lion, or Mac OS X Server v10.6 to Mac OS X Lion Server.
If the client computer you’re upgrading has Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.5,
upgrade it to v10.6 before purchasing Mac OS X Lion. After upgrading to v10.6:

Use Software Update to update to the latest version of Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server

v10.6
Use Software Update to update to Xsan 2.2.1 or later. You must update Xsan because

there are underlying differences between Xsan 2.2 for Mac OS X v10.5 and Xsan 2.2
for Mac OS X v10.6.