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Host Based Migration from VMAX3 to VMAX All flash Array 850F
Hello All,
Can anyone point to a document or the pre-requisite to be made when we are migrating from VMAX3 to VMAX All Flash Array for AIX host based VG mirror and also for VMware microsoft moves.
This will help a lot
Rgds
KW160
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January 25th, 2017 14:00
Refer to the Host Connectivity Guides for the respective platforms for any specific configuration settings:
https://support.emc.com/docu5265_Host_Connectivity_Guide_for_VMWare_ESX_Server.pdf?language=en_US
https://support.emc.com/docu5126_Host_Connectivity_Guide_for_IBM_AIX.pdf?language=en_US
Refer to Dell EMC's E-lab Navagator for supported software revisions and topologies:
https://elabnavigator.emc.com
In general though, if you are supported and running properly on VMAX3, then you shouldn't have any issue with VMAX AF.
HEagle18
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January 31st, 2017 08:00
@KW160
Thank You for the reply
SwitchSwen
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February 1st, 2017 06:00
some notes for a smooth host based AIX migration:
If you are booting AIX servers from the VMAX 3, to prevent from running into any of many pitfalls, consider that the alternate disk installation would the preferred method to migrate a rootvg since it leaves a backup installation of AIX on the host; the alt disk install will provide the benefit to have a consistent ODM while doing the migration, too.
Remember that you cannot migrate SAN paging devices or SAN heart beat devices - in this case create new VMAX AF devices and delete the VMAX 3 devices (before disconnecting them)...
Hope this will help.
Best regards,
Swen