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.
Topics:
• Required Conditions
• Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
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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.
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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 conguration 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
conguration on the receiving controller.
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Foreign Conguration Operations
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System
To migrate virtual disks and volumes from one system to another.
1 Turn o the system that the physical disks are being moved from.
2 If the receiving controller does not have a pre-existing virtual disk conguration, then turn o its server.
3 Place the physical disks into the new enclosure.
4 Start the system connected to the receiving controller.
5 Use the Foreign Conguration Operations task to import the migrated virtual disks on the receiving controller.
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