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EMC->Hitachi Migration
Greetings
IHAC requirement to migrate nearly 200TB from DMX to Hitachi array
EMC DMX3/4 migration to Hitachi. Current SAN in DMX has VM & physical servers.
My queries
(1) Whats the best approach for migration & methodology?
(2) Whats the best tool can be used for migration from Array side?
(3) Whats the best tool can be used for if its host based migration?
Any best practice documents?
Many thanks in advance.
Pras
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June 18th, 2014 19:00
research Open Replicator
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June 18th, 2014 19:00
They have many EMC boxes which going to be replaced with VMAX. The 30% of the data would be moved to Hitachi and remaining to EMC VMAX at later stage. My queries are only for Hitachi....... Any thoughts would definitely help!
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June 18th, 2014 19:00
should you be going to Hitachi forum asking for help to migrate from competitor storage array ?
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June 18th, 2014 20:00
VMware converter , essentially P2V ?
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June 18th, 2014 20:00
OR for Array based. Thank you!
If i need to move from physical (source) to VM-ESX (target)? Any thoughts! Thx
Archuperi721
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June 18th, 2014 23:00
When you go out from EMC to Hitachi, its better to check with Hitachi for accurate support.
Otherwise, I would suggest using host based migration like Powerpath Migration Enabler (PPME) which is more time consuming and performance worried than the array based as it consumes host resources. The benefit, with PPME you can switch between source (EMC) and target (Hitachi) before you run the "commit".
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June 18th, 2014 23:00
Hello pmenon,
Welcome to EMC community!
EMC OR hot push can be used for data migration from EMC DMX3 to Hitachi (you can check the support matrix for Hitachi model).
PPME might be a good option only IF Powerpath can manage your Hitachi devices. Kindly refer to support matrix for latest version of Powerpath. If not then EMC Open migrator can do the job.
Hope that helps
Mohammed Salem
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June 19th, 2014 00:00
PPE sends data via FC during migration and any licensing required?
Thanks guys for quick response.. It really helps!
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June 19th, 2014 05:00
PPME is free of charge if you currently pay for licensed version of PowerPath.
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June 25th, 2014 08:00
As someone mentioned, you have to check hitachi community.. but alas that doesn't exist.
1. Hitachi arrays support storage virtualization, which is the optimal way to migrate.
2. Open Replicator
3. PPME
If you are customer, you can negotiate migration as part of purchase. Hitachi will land something called USP VM or equivalent which will be used for migration.
Are migrating to VSP?
M_Salem
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June 25th, 2014 11:00
This is purely a Hitachi question, not EMC
For the virtualization part, if you mean VMware ESXi or Hyper-v 2012, then consider using Storage vMotion for VMware or Migrate -->VM storage for Hyper-V 2012.
Hope that helps
Mohammed Salem
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June 26th, 2014 07:00
Currently we are migrating DMX to HItachi using Hitachi tools. Since this is EMC forum, i cannot disclose more details about Hitachi here.
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June 26th, 2014 07:00
haha..that's very helpful.
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June 26th, 2014 08:00
Thank you for not disclosing.......!
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June 26th, 2014 08:00
Thanks to all ...
The solution can be built based on "Open Replicator" and "VSP - HUVM"........
And definitely there would be challenges when you opt for OR and HUVM will reduce the challenges....
Thanks everyone for valuable advise!