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Use Gen 1 shelves on Gen 2 VNXe
Hi there,
Quick question, does anyone know if you can use VNXe3100/3150/3300 on a VNXe3200?
Thanks,
Ed
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Hi there,
Quick question, does anyone know if you can use VNXe3100/3150/3300 on a VNXe3200?
Thanks,
Ed
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February 2nd, 2015 05:00
We don't recommended; however, you may use it provided if the rack/shelves are same size....
edhoward
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February 2nd, 2015 06:00
Hi Suman,
Could you elaborate on what you mean by 'rack/shelves are the same size...'?
Ed
jregel
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February 3rd, 2015 04:00
When the 3200 was announced, I asked this question (as we have a 3100 with two DAE shelves and would like to keep using these if possible). I was told they are not compatible, but would be interested in clarification.
Would adding existing DAEs (and replacing the base DPE with a 3200) work, and would it be supported by EMC? I'm not looking to migrate the existing data and would be happy to wipe the disk shelves. I'm interested in whether the DAEs are physically compatible and supported.
edhoward
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February 10th, 2015 13:00
Great thanks, would be useful to know.
Ed
HJEWKES
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February 10th, 2015 13:00
Hello All,
I am currently investigating this, however, just based on knowledge on the VNXe1 and 2 Series arrays. I do not think this is going to be supported. The differences between the VNXe1 Series to the VNXe2 Series are huge.
I will touch base when I find the definitive answer.
Best Regards,
Holton Jewkes
EMC TSE
jregel
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February 10th, 2015 23:00
Thanks for following this up. I'd be interested in what's different between the DAE shelves between the two generations. Surely a DAE is just a SAS connection with a bunch of disks?
edhoward
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February 11th, 2015 03:00
You would have thought so but as with everything EMC you can't it on face value.
HJEWKES
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February 13th, 2015 11:00
Hello All,
I have asked engineering on this topic and as of right now VNXe1 Series DAE will not be compatible with the VNXe2 Series DPEs.
Best Regards,
Holton Jewkes
EMC TSE
nasiamohamedull
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February 2nd, 2017 12:00
Does any one know if there is a way to migrate data from VNXe1 to VNXe2?
edhoward
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February 2nd, 2017 14:00
Physical or virtual hosts?
Rainer_EMC
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February 3rd, 2017 07:00
there always is a way
methods depend on SAN or NAS data, physical or virtual Hosts, NFS or CIFS or ISCSI, ....
I would suggest to start with the Unity migration technologies white paper which should mostly apply (expect for Unity file Import and SAN copy)