The DS6000™ supports over 90 operating systems. You can migrate data to a storage unit from these host and operating system environments. The planning and methods of data migration vary by environment.
When you replace existing storage, you can partition the storage so that its virtual disks are similar in configuration to the disk drives that they are replacing. New configurations must be large enough to accommodate the existing data. Also, when data is moved, the data must be in a certain state, typically requiring that updates or changes cease while the movement occurs. Depending on the amount of data that you are moving and your migrating method, data could be unavailable for an extended period of time, perhaps several hours.
Your system administrator must select the data migration method that is the best compromise between efficiency and impact on the users of your system.
Data migration is a service offered through IBM Global Services. Contact your IBM Representative for more information.