Thanks, but network transmission is not acceptable to business due to time/bandwidth cost. Not really my choice, but they prefer physical transportation.
Yes, we are exploring options such as QNAP NAS to port data, but I was just looking to see if there was any way to create a lun on one array, move the lun (disk) to another array to fill it, then move it back to the first array, or somthing similar. We don't have FCIP and don't have sufficient bandwidth to move the data in a reasonable timeframe. They prefer to keep some form of RAID protection during transit in case of failure, so USB single-drive or stick is out of the question.
If we could simply use clones and pull a few drives and overnight to other datacenter, that is what would be desired, however a QNAP/NAS solution would also work.
Just was wondering if there was an "EMC" way to do this in hardware.
Without going into too much detail, the RG and LUN information is some of the information stored in the private area within the vault drives on the array. If you remove drives with data from one array and put them into another array the drives will powerup as new drives and all data will be lost.
If you have connectivity between the sites and the storage systems you could use SANCopy to migrate the data. However, since you are talking about a relatively small amount of data the easiest option might be to copy the data using a server to either a tape backup or a USB Flash drive. Ship the media to the new site and restore or copy to the new storage system.
usao
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March 28th, 2012 07:00
Thanks, but network transmission is not acceptable to business due to time/bandwidth cost. Not really my choice, but they prefer physical transportation.
usao
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222 Posts
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March 28th, 2012 07:00
Yes, we are exploring options such as QNAP NAS to port data, but I was just looking to see if there was any way to create a lun on one array, move the lun (disk) to another array to fill it, then move it back to the first array, or somthing similar. We don't have FCIP and don't have sufficient bandwidth to move the data in a reasonable timeframe. They prefer to keep some form of RAID protection during transit in case of failure, so USB single-drive or stick is out of the question.
If we could simply use clones and pull a few drives and overnight to other datacenter, that is what would be desired, however a QNAP/NAS solution would also work.
Just was wondering if there was an "EMC" way to do this in hardware.
Ron
Madhug1
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March 28th, 2012 07:00
Hi,
You may use MirrorView / SANCOPY to replicate the LUNs to other site, so that exact copy of the source is available.
just creating a Clone and adding the drives to remote array might create a issue.
but you may try creating a clone and adding the drives to the remote array and check if it works. but as per EMC it is not a best practice.
Thanks
Madhu
Jen_LeClair
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March 28th, 2012 07:00
Without going into too much detail, the RG and LUN information is some of the information stored in the private area within the vault drives on the array. If you remove drives with data from one array and put them into another array the drives will powerup as new drives and all data will be lost.
If you have connectivity between the sites and the storage systems you could use SANCopy to migrate the data. However, since you are talking about a relatively small amount of data the easiest option might be to copy the data using a server to either a tape backup or a USB Flash drive. Ship the media to the new site and restore or copy to the new storage system.
Jen_LeClair
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March 28th, 2012 08:00
No, any data (LUNs, Clone, ect.) will be lost once the drives are placed into the second array.