Retiring the primary storage location
You can retire the primary storage location for the DS-System specified by the Backup Root parameter in the dssys.cfg file. This process requires manual changes to the DS-System database and a restart of the DS-System.
To retire the primary storage location:
1. On the Setup menu, click System Activities, and then click Disable.
2. On the Setup menu, point to Storage, and then click Extensible Storage.
3. In the Extensible Storage Locations dialog box, configure the default storage group, so that it contains only two storage locations:
• The existing primary storage location that is to be retired.
• The storage location with the next (sequential) lowest ID number will become the primary storage location. For example, if you have four locations (IDs 1, 2, 3, 4), and ID 1 is the current primary, you must make ID 2 the new primary storage location.
IMPORTANT: Use only the default storage group with these two storage locations. If required, temporarily change the storage group of any other storage location that shares this group to ensure that there is only one other location where the DS-System can re-assign the primary storage location.
The DS-System automatically re-assigns the primary storage links to the other storage location in the default storage group.
NOTE: If you have temporarily changed the storage group of any other storage locations, revert the changes. You must close the Retire Storage Monitor window, edit the storage location(s), and then re-open it.
5. In the Retire Storage Monitor dialog box, click Start to move the data from the primary storage location to the other location.
NOTE: If a Stop button is displayed, it means the DS-System is already monitoring and will begin retiring the storage automatically.
6. In the Retire Storage dialog box, select the number of simultaneous processing threads to use (one thread is used per backup), and then click OK .
7. Stop the DS-System service after the retiring primary storage location process is completed.
8. Copy the cd, cluster, dump, and logs folders to the new primary storage location.
9. Open the DS-System configuration file dssys.cfg, and change the following values to the path of the new primary storage location:
• Backup Root: new_primary_path
• Del Root: new_primary_path\Del
• Temp Root: new_primary_path\Temp
• Upgrade Path: new_primary_path\Upgrade
NOTE: For Linux DS-Systems, use a forward slash for the sub-folder paths, for e.g, path/del.
10. Manually edit the DS-System database (Microsoft SQL or PostgreSQL) with the following SQL statement:
DELETE FROM Storage_Locations WHERE ID=<primary_storage_id>
where primary_storage_id is the lowest corresponding ID from the Extensible Storage Locations dialog box list.
This command removes the existing primary storage location. The next lowest ID number becomes the new primary storage location. The new primary storage location must be the same one where the links were re-assigned in step 5.
IMPORTANT: Do not make any other changes to this table or the database.
11. Start the DS-System service or daemon and verify that there are no errors.