FOFB CLI procedure automate/optimize

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Hi For once I thought it might be nice to share something instead of only asking questions! Not every company installing Isilon/PowerScale has the system backed by Superna tools. The last few days I spent creating a FOFB (Failover/Failback) procedure that eliminates as many manual CLI commands as possible. Eyeglass for the poor. Or, at least something like that The FOFB procedure documentation from DellEMC KB #335109 is not exactly easy and needs a lot of adaption to the current customer infrastructure. Plus, for each and every object, you have to push a dedicated CLI command. There are no simple 'do this for all objects of this kind' commands. But then again we are working with a *nix based system, right? So why not use the builtin tools/utilities grep/sed/awk et al and piping command outputs to the moon and back to achieve exactly this? Well, that's what my procedure basically does! Unfortunately, I cannot find a way to attach a documents to this post to share it publicly and freely. So if someone is interested to get a copy for his/her own use, drop me a PM. Or, tell me how to attach documents here... See the following few screenshots for Failover  Working fine on OneFS 8.2.2. Other releases should be tested Thanks to everyone here on the forum for the great support and work!

Phil.Lam · Answer

@CendresMetaux, Thanks for your contribution!!!

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