Users Guide

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.
Related concepts
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
Topics:
• Required Conditions
• Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
Required Conditions
SAS Controllers
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.
Related concepts
RAID Controller Technology: SATA 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.
Related concepts
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, S130, and S300 controllers.
The migration is complete. The virtual disk is now manageable through Storage Management.
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