Common Operations

Introduction

This section covers frequently performed administrative tasks that keep your Eyeglass deployment operational and aligned with changes in your environment. These operations include updating cluster IP addresses, managing appliance backups, changing network settings, and more.

Use this section to reference procedures that support infrastructure maintenance and disaster recovery preparedness.

Add Clusters

Add a PowerScale cluster to Eyeglass as a managed device so it can participate in configuration replication, failover, and readiness monitoring.

Add Clusters

Add a new PowerScale cluster to Eyeglass and verify it appears correctly in inventory.

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Add Probe License Keys

Understand the difference between a DR-enabled license key and an event-monitoring-only (probe) license key for a PowerScale cluster, and where to retrieve and install either type.

Add Probe License Keys

DR-enabled vs. event-monitoring-only license keys for a PowerScale cluster, and how to retrieve and install them.

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Appliance Check

Confirm the Eyeglass appliance itself is healthy before relying on it for disaster recovery operations, including version, service status, and disk space.

Appliance Check

Verify appliance health, version, and available disk space, and run the built-in diagnostic report.

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Backup and Restore

Use backup and restore procedures to migrate your Eyeglass configuration, license data, and disaster recovery settings from one appliance to another. This is useful when deploying a replacement appliance or maintaining a secondary system for redundancy.

Backup and Restore

Create a restore backup and apply it to a clean appliance to carry over configuration, cluster connections, and failover setup.

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Advanced Restore and Rediscover Operations

Additional restore syntax for restoring from a directory of backups, and the igls appliance rediscover command for rebuilding the Eyeglass database when no backup is available.

Advanced Restore and Rediscover Operations

Additional restore syntax and the appliance rediscover command for rebuilding the Eyeglass database.

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Appliance Lifecycle Operations

Shutdown, reboot, vMotion, and admin-user password change procedures for the Eyeglass appliance.

Appliance Lifecycle Operations

Shutdown, reboot, vMotion, and admin-user password change procedures for the Eyeglass appliance.

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Change PowerScale IP Address

If the SmartConnect Service IP of your PowerScale cluster changes, you must update Eyeglass with the new IP address to maintain connectivity and configuration synchronization. This section provides instructions for safely disabling jobs, making the change, and re-enabling services.

Change PowerScale IP Address

Safely update the IP address of a connected cluster in Eyeglass, restore configuration replication, and relocate a cluster to a new site using a planned failover and failback.

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Cluster Check

Verify that a managed PowerScale cluster's inventory, jobs, and alarms are in the expected state, particularly after a configuration change or before a planned failover.

Cluster Check

Confirm cluster inventory, connectivity, job status, and alarms are healthy for a managed PowerScale cluster.

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Networking Operations

Managing networking configurations is an important part of maintaining a secure and operational Eyeglass deployment. This section includes procedures for changing PowerScale IP addresses, updating appliance DNS and network settings, and managing TLS certificates for secure access.

Use this area to make infrastructure adjustments or ensure encrypted communications between Eyeglass, PowerScale clusters, and client devices.

Networking Operations

Perform key network administration tasks including IP address changes, DNS updates, and certificate management for secure communication.

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