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Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from One System to Another
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Required Conditions
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks to Another System
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This section describes how to move physical and virtual disks from one system to another.
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Required Conditions
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This section applies to PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i, and SAS 5/iR controllers
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After some planning and preparation, it is possible to migrate physical and virtual disks from one controller, enclosure or server to another. You can perform
physical and virtual disk migration on PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i, and SAS 5/iR controllers as long as the following conditions are met.
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General Conditions for SAS Controllers
l Virtual disks can only be migrated to a controller that is using the same technology. For example, virtual disks on a SAS controller must be migrated to a
SAS controller. See "RAID Controller Technology: SAS" for more information.
l When moving an enclosure, SAS controllers require that you power down the enclosure and the server before moving the enclosure.
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SAS Controller Conditions
l On SAS controllers, you can migrate a virtual disk by moving the physical disks from one controller to another and then importing the foreign
configuration on the receiving controller. See "Foreign Configuration Operations" for more information.
l When moving an enclosure on a SAS controller, you can move the enclosure to any connector number and then import the foreign configuration on the
receiving controller. See "Foreign Configuration Operations" for more information.
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Migrating SAS Virtual Disks to Another System
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The following describes how to migrate virtual disks and volumes from one system to another.
1. Shut down the system that the physical disks are being moved from.
2. If the receiving controller does not have a preexisting virtual disk configuration, then shut down its server.
3. Place the physical disks into the new enclosure.
4. Start up the system connected to the receiving controller.
5. Use the "Foreign Configuration Operations" task to import the migrated virtual disks on the receiving controller.
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The migration is complete. The virtual disk is now manageable through Storage Management.
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