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Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Migrate a Volume Using One Time Copy

Use One Time Copy to move data in a volume from one Storage Center to another. One Time Copy is available only on volumes that are not mapped to servers.

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NOTE An SCv2000 series storage system running Storage Center 7.3 or later and all other storage systems running Storage Center 7.1 or later can move a volume to another Storage Center using the Live Migration feature.

Steps

  1. Create a snapshot for the volume you want to migrate.
  2. In the Snapshots tab for the volume, select the snapshot and click Create Volume From Snapshot.
    A view volume is created.
  3. In the Summary tab for the view volume, click (More Actions) and select Create One Time Copy.
    The New One Time Copy dialog box opens.
  4. On the Select Target Storage Center page, select the Storage Center on which you want to copy the volume and click Next.
  5. On the Select Target Volume page, select whether to Create a New Volume or Use an Existing Volume.
    • If using an existing volume, select the destination volume.
    • If creating a new volume, set the volume attributes as needed. For information about the settings click Help.
  6. On the Settings page, set the Transport and Transfer Attributes and the Replication Attributes and click Next. For information about the settings click Help.
  7. On the Summary page, review the settings summary.
    • Click Finish to create the one-time copy and close the wizard.
    • Click Back to change your settings.

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