Migrating a volume

A volume can be migrated through the Migration Plan window.

CautionIf any of the following operations is performed on Volume Migration source volume during migration, the volume migration process stops:
  • TrueCopy operation that changes the volume status to something other than PSUS/PSUE/PAIR
  • ShadowImage operation that changes the volume status to COPY(SP)/COPY or PSUS(SP)/PSUS.
  • Universal Replicator operation that changes the volume status to something other than PSUS

Before you begin

  • You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this task.
  • The volumes meet all requirements as source and target volume candidates.

Procedure

  1. Open the Migrate Volumes window.

    1. Select Logical Devices from the Storage Systems tree. Click More Actions Migrate Volumes in the LDEVs tab.

    2. Click Actions Logical Device Migration Migrate Volumes.

  2. In the Selected Source Volume table, click Select.

  3. In the Select Source Volume window, select the radio button of the migration volumes.

  4. Click OK.

    The selected volume is displayed in Selected Source Volume table.

  5. From Available Target Volume table, select the radio button of the target volume.

  6. Click Add.

    The information for the created migration plan is displayed in Selected Migration Plan table.

  7. Click Finish.

  8. In the Confirmation window, enter the Task Name.

  9. Click Apply.

    If Go to tasks window for status is checked when you click Apply, the task window appears.
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