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January 3rd, 2023 07:00

EqualLogic PS4210 Controller switch to Passive

So our battery on Controller 0 is end of life. I have already replaced the battery on Controller 1 which is/was the standby. That went smooth so we are good there. I then went into the Maintenace tab to hit the restart button to switch the active controller from 0 to 1. I hit the button but it will not switch the active to standby. Is there something else I need to hit? 

  • dwilliam62

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    Posted January 3rd, 2023 08:00

    Hello, 

     The restart (failover) won't work if the primary has an error.  You can try using "restart" at the CLI of that member.   GrpName>restart  

     If that fails, best option is to shutdown your servers, then shutdown that array.  GrpName>shutdown

     Then remove the controller, replace the battery and power the array back up. 

     Regards, 

    Don

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  • dwilliam62

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    Posted March 11th, 2023 22:00

    Hello, 

     FYI:  A restart won't work if, as I suspect both cache batteries have expired. 

     Regards, 

    Don 

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  • Praveen.Singh

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    Posted March 11th, 2023 22:00

    As already suggested try :-GrpName>restart