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Migrate diskGroup on MD3000i SAN
Posted on 2012-12-21
Hi,
I need the syntax to migrate a diskGroup on our MD3000i GEN1 SAN to another MD3000i GEN2.
I already tried:
SMcli "SAN" -c "start diskGroup [1] export;"
and I get the following error:
Encountered "<EOF>" at line 1, column 33.
Was expecting one of:
"blink" ...
"defragment" ...
SMcli failed.
I know it can be done but I can't get it work
Thanks
I need the syntax to migrate a diskGroup on our MD3000i GEN1 SAN to another MD3000i GEN2.
I already tried:
SMcli "SAN" -c "start diskGroup [1] export;"
and I get the following error:
Encountered "<EOF>" at line 1, column 33.
Was expecting one of:
"blink" ...
"defragment" ...
SMcli failed.
I know it can be done but I can't get it work
Thanks
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Hi,
According to the MD3000i Commnad Line Manual (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/md3000i/en/2ndGen/CLI/PDF/CLIMR2g.pdf), the Virtual Disk Copy feature enables you to copy data from one virtual disk (the source) to another virtual disk (the target) in a single storage array (Page 77). Thus it is impossible to copy data from one array to another using the CLI only. Thanks
Best regards,
Patrick
According to the MD3000i Commnad Line Manual (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/md3000i/en/2ndGen/CLI/PDF/CLIMR2g.pdf), the Virtual Disk Copy feature enables you to copy data from one virtual disk (the source) to another virtual disk (the target) in a single storage array (Page 77). Thus it is impossible to copy data from one array to another using the CLI only. Thanks
Best regards,
Patrick
I just did it using the SMcli command over the weekend. It's possible to move a RAID group from one SAN to another using the SMcli command.
Generation 1 doesn't support export/import command, therefore I had to use offline/online command instead and then physically move the raid set into the new SAN.
Generation 1 doesn't support export/import command, therefore I had to use offline/online command instead and then physically move the raid set into the new SAN.
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