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Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One
System To Another
This section describes how to move physical and virtual disks from one system to another.
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Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
Required Conditions
PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, and SAS 5/iR Controllers
You can 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 required conditions are met.
SCSI And SAS Controllers
Virtual disks can only be migrated to a controller that is using the same technology. For example, virtual disks on a SCSI
controller must be migrated to a SCSI controller and virtual disks on a SAS controller must be migrated to a SAS
controller.
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RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, And SAS
SAS Controller
• 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.
• 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.
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Foreign Configuration Operations
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
To migrate virtual disks and volumes from one system to another.
1. Turn off the system that the physical disks are being moved from.
2. If the receiving controller does not have a pre-existing virtual disk configuration, then turn off its server.
3. Place the physical disks into the new enclosure.
4. Start the system connected to the receiving controller.
5. Use the Foreign Configuration Operations task to import the migrated virtual disks on the receiving controller.
NOTE: The Foreign Configuration Operations are not supported on PERC S100, S110, and S300 controllers.
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