In a MetroCluster configuration, you can take advantage of the change_fsid option in Data ONTAP to simplify site takeover when the cf forcetakeover -d command is used.
In a MetroCluster configuration, if a site takeover initiated by the cf forcetakeover -d command occurs, the following happens:
To avoid the FSID change in the case of a site takeover, you can set the change_fsid option to off (the default is on). Setting this option to off has the following results if a site takeover is initiated by the cf forcetakeover -d command: