PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System)

3.1 MDS Failure Recovery

If an MDS fails by node down, the GFS Shared File System automatically performs failure recovery to continue operation of the file system.

The following provides an overview of the operations performed if either the primary MDS or secondary MDS fails.

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3.1.1 Automatic recovery for primary MDS failures

3.1.2 Automatic recovery for secondary MDS failures

3.1.3 Automatic recovery in case primary MDS goes down during primary MDS operation only