Data Migration from SVC into VPLEX

Question

Hi there, I would like to migrate LUNs of my bare metal hosts from SVC to VPLEX. If possible without downtime. I have ESX boot LUNs in SVC, for example, which I need to move to my VPLEX. What`s the best way to do this? In SVC I was able to zone the 'old' storage device into SVC and to provide the old LUNs as so called 'Image Mode VDISKs' to the same host. Migration of all these LUNs into a different pool made the old storage device obsolet after completion. Storage is provided to my VPLEX from two Unitys and to my SVC from two V7000. Can I zone the SVC to my VPLEX in some way? Should I provide storage from my Unitys to my SVC (in its own pool), move vdisks from V7000 devices into that Unity pool and provide it to my VPLEX in some kind? Any hints or best practises? Best regards globber

ankur.patel · Answer

Sorry for the late response, please let me know if you still need this answered. We can put SVC behind VPLEX based on code versions.

koncst · Answer

Hi ankur, i have to do the same migration from SVC to VPLEX.
Our VPLEX has the latest Code (6.1).
We also have a few physical Windows Hosts, which will be great to migrate without down time, but i think for the LUN masking from SVC to VPLEX we need a short downtime.
By the migration from a old Cluster to a new one, is it possible to let a LUN reside on the SVC, connected to the old Cluster, VPLEX see this LUN and present it to the new Cluster and makes the migration from the Storage Array behind the SVC to the new Storrage Array behind VPLEX? (Old Cluster stays in Production until we can switch/cutover to the new Cluster, with only a few minutes of down time)
Do you have any useful Documents or Infos for us?
Thanks for your Help Greets Stefan

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