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Dell Unity: vVol Corruption After Performing vMotion when vVol has Associated Snapshots (User Correctable)

Summary: Migrating a vVol with associated snapshots or clones using vMotion from Unity to PowerStore, or even from one Unity to another Unity, is unsupported and will result in data corruption. You can only migrate vVols with associated snapshots or clones within the same Unity array. ...

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Symptoms

Data corruption occurs on a vVol which has associated snapshots or clones following a vMotion from Unity to PowerStore, or from Unity to another Unity array.

Cause

Unity cannot vMotion a vVol which has associated snapshots or clones if the destination is on a different storage system.  The Dell EMC Unity: Virtualization Integration document also details this restriction.  In this migration scenario, the host manages the migration and does not properly manage copying the vVol snapshot/clone deltas, which will result in data corruption.

NOTE: This only affects vVols.  This does not affect VMFS.

Resolution

Do not use vMotion to migrate a vVol which has associated snaps or clones if the destination is a different storage system.

If this has already occurred, please contact Dell Technical Support or your Authorized Service Provider and reference this knowledge base article.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity

Products

VMware
Article Properties
Article Number: 000215645
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2023
Version:  2
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