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9.2. Post-Upgrade Tasks

The Red Hat Gluster Storage Console clusters have a compatibility version. The cluster compatibility version need to be changed after upgrading the Red Hat Gluster Storage Console version. The cluster compatibility version indicates the features of Red Hat Gluster Storage Console supported by all of the hosts in the cluster. The cluster compatibility is set according to the version of the least capable host operating system in the cluster.

Note

To change the cluster compatibility version, you must have first updated all the hosts in your cluster to a level that supports your desired compatibility level.

Procedure 9.3. Migrating Red Hat Gluster Storage Nodes

  1. Log in to the Administration Portal as the administrative user. By default this is the admin user.
  2. Click the Hosts tab and select the desired host to display the Details pane.
  3. Click Maintenance and to place the host in maintenance mode.
  4. Upgrade the Red Hat Gluster Storage nodes.
    For more information, refer section Upgrading from Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 Update 4 to Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.0 using yum in Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 Administration Guide.
  5. Click Edit and change the protocol to JSON by checking the Use JSON Protocol checkbox.
  6. On the Hosts tab, click Reinstall to reinstall the hosts.
  7. Enter the password for the Host in Install Host window and click OK.
You have migrated the Red Hat Gluster Storage Nodes.

Procedure 9.4. Changing the Cluster Compatibility Version

  1. Log in to the Administration Portal as the administrative user. By default this is the admin user.
  2. Click the Clusters tab.
  3. Select the cluster to change from the list displayed. If the list of clusters is too long to filter visually then perform a search to locate the desired cluster.
  4. Click the Edit button.
  5. Change the Compatibility Version to the desired value.
    For more information on the Cluster compatibility version, refer Cluster Properties section in Red Hat Gluster Storage Console Administration Guide.
  6. Click OK to open the Change Cluster Compatibility Version confirmation window.
  7. Click OK to confirm.
You have updated the compatibility version of the cluster.