5.
Interrupt the boot process to stop at the LOADER prompt by pressing Ctrl-C when you see
Starting
AUTOBOOT press Ctrl-C to abort….
If you miss this message, press Ctrl-C, select the option to boot to Maintenance mode, and then halt the
controller to boot to LOADER.
6. Boot the recovery image:
boot_recovery ontap_image_name.tgz
If the image.tgz file is named something other than image.tgz, such as boot_recovery
9_4.tgz
, you need to include the different file name in the boot_recovery command.
The system boots to the boot menu and prompts you for the boot image name.
7. Enter the boot image name that is on the USB flash drive:
image_name.tgz
After image_name.tgz is installed, the system prompts you to restore the backup configuration (the var
file system) from the healthy controller.
8.
Restore the
var file system:
If your system has… Then…
A network connection a.
Press
y when prompted to restore the backup configuration.
b. Set the healthy controller to advanced privilege level:
set -privilege advanced
c. Run the restore backup command:
system node restore-backup -node local -target
-address impaired_node_IP_address
d. Return the controller to admin level:
set -privilege admin
e.
Press
y when prompted to use the restored configuration.
f.
Press
y when prompted to reboot the controller.
No network connection a.
Press
n when prompted to restore the backup configuration.
b. Reboot the system when prompted by the system.
c. Select the Update flash from backup config (sync flash) option
from the displayed menu.
If you are prompted to continue with the update, press
y.
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