User's Manual

266 Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from One System to Another
• A virtual disk cannot be migrated between the CERC SATA1.5/6ch and
CERC SATA1.5/2s controller family and the PERC 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC,
4/Di, 4e/Si, and 4e/Di controller family.
• On SCSI controllers, a virtual disk cannot be migrated from one controller
to another unless the receiving controller’s configuration has been cleared.
• When moving the physical disks on a SCSI controller from one enclosure
to another, the SCSI ID for each disk must remain the same. For more
information, see RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, and
SAS.
• When moving the physical disks from one enclosure to another or when
moving an external enclosure from one server to another, the enclosure
must be connected to the same connector number on the controller as in
the original condition.
• In the case where a virtual disk consists of physical disks on multiple
connectors, each physical disk must be migrated to an enclosure that is
connected to the same connector number that the physical disk or
enclosure was originally connected to.
SAS Controller Conditions
• 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. For more information, see
Foreign Configuration Operations.
• 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. For more information, see
Foreign Configuration Operations.
Migrating SCSI Virtual Disks to Another System
This section applies to the PERC 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, and 4e/Di controllers
The following describes how to migrate virtual disks and volumes from one
system to another. Completing the migration requires the following
activities:
• Moving the Disks