AFF-A700 Head upgrade - Waiting for requisite number of local mailboxes
Applies to
- MetroCluster IP
- AFF-A700 to AFF-A900 Head Upgrade
Issue
- After running option 6 during the Upgrade controllers from AFF A700/FAS9000 to AFF A900/FAS9500 in a MetroCluster IP configuration using switchover and switchback (ONTAP 9.10.1 or later) procedure the below error is seen on one or more nodes:
(6) Update flash from backup config
Waiting for requisite number of local mailboxes... (Press Ctrl-C to abort wait)
- iSCSI connections do not progress past the 'reconnecting' state:
Jul 14 15:06:47 [localhost:iscsi.session.stateChanged:notice]: iSCSI session state is changed to Reconnecting for the target iqn.2016-07.com.netapp:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 (type: dr_auxiliary, address: 10.1.2.4:65200). Reason: session login timed out.