Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 3)

5 Upgrading to Xsan 2.2
5 Before You Begin
5 If You’re Not Running Xsan 2.0 or Later
5 Volume Availability During Upgrade
5 Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server?
6 Intel or PowerPC Processors?
6 Which Procedure?
6 Problems with Xsan Admin?
6 Version Compatibility
7 Upgrading Your SAN Software
7 Step 1: Back up your SAN volumes
7 Step 2: Disable Spotlight on all volumes
7 Step 3: Upgrade one controller to Mac OS X Server version 10.6
8 Step 4: Upgrade the same controller to Xsan 2.2
8 Step 5: Upgrade the remaining controllers
8 Step 6: Reestablish Open Directory replicas
9 Step 7: Upgrade the SAN clients
9 Step 8: Enable extended attributes
10 Step 9: Reenable Spotlight
10 Upgrading Both SAN Hardware and Software
10 Step 1: Back up your SAN volumes
10 Step 2: Disable Spotlight on all volumes
11 Step 3: Connect at least two Intel-based computers to the SAN
11 Step 4: Upgrade Mac OS X on the new controllers
11 Step 5: Install Xsan 2.2 on the new controllers
11 Step 6: Add the new controllers to the SAN
12 Step 7: Adjust volume failover priorities
12 Step 8: Make an Intel-based controller the primary controller
13 Step 9: Demote the old PowerPC-based controllers
13 Step 10: Add the remaining Intel-based computers to the SAN
13 Step 11: Upgrade the SAN clients
14 Step 12: Enable extended attributes
14 Step 13: Reenable Spotlight
15 Step 14: Recreate your MultiSAN configuration
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