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Storage Foundation Cluster File System primary and Storage Foundation Cluster File System secondary

Both primary and secondary nodes handle their metadata intent logging for the cluster file system. The first node of a cluster file system to mount is called the primary node. Other nodes are called secondary nodes. If a primary node fails, an internal election process determines which of the secondaries becomes the primary file system.

Use the following command to determine primaryship:

# fsclustadm -v showprimary mount_point

Use the following command to give primaryship to a node:

# fsclustadm -v setprimary mount_point