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Requirements for Live Migrate

9 Dell EMC SC Series Live Migrate and Volume Advisor | 3186-BP-SC

2 Requirements for Live Migrate

Live Migrate has the following requirements:

• Dell Storage Manager 2016 R2 or newer

• SCOS version 7.1 or newer

• No additional licensing is required, Live Migrate is included in the base licensing package

• Live Migrate is available on all SC Series platforms compatible with SCOS 7.1 as well as Series 40

arrays with SCOS 6.7.30

• Replication must be configured between the primary and secondary SC Series arrays, including

replication QoS node definitions on the primary SC Series array; these can be configured during Live

Migrate configuration

• The server must be defined on both the primary and secondary SC Series arrays

Live Migrate has the following limitations:

• A volume cannot be configured for Live Migrate if it is already configured for replication or Live

Volume

• A volume configured for Live Migrate cannot be configured for replication or Live Volume until the

Live Migrate is completed

• Live Migration is not supported with the VMware

vSphere

Virtual Volumes™ feature