Failover a Controller Using the CLI

You can failover the Controller to the alternate or buddy Controller using the CLI.

  1. Log in to the FSCLI using the support account.
  2. Obtain a list of the Controllers by executing the following command:
    ./fscli controller -list
    /CONTROLLER-01/CONTROLLER-02
  3. Run the following command:
    ./fscli controller -forceFailure -controller [controller_name]Command Succeeded
  4. Verify the Controller failure using the Oracle FS System Manager under: System > Alerts and Events > Status Summary.
  5. Verify that the LUN and its resources are failed over to the alternate or buddy Controller and monitor the IOPs being generated from the LUNs and the SAN host using the Iometer interface.
    Important! The LUN should never lose connectivity to the Oracle FS System.
    Note: The Controller will automatically restart after the failover.