replace meta volumes

i was thinking to use the detach-mirror and attach-mirror command to do that

Hi all

You can also set the speed of rebuild from from the default 128K to 128M -- from within the meta volume

set transfer-size 128M

/clusters/Cluster-2/system-volumes/SiteB_VPLEX_Meta_1

Also remember you need to add 2 x new Meta Volumes of 78GB

You also need to move the backup volumes to a temporary location ( 2 Backup volumes required)

Same for the logging volumes (2 x logging volumes required)

Once that is complete then remove the old array

Follow the procedure generator to remove the old aray

I'm doing this at the moment removing an old VNX and replacing with a new VNX. Any questions please let me know

Hi all

some screen shots on the procedure I have roughtly documented

Meta Volume Backup

cd to  

/clusters/Cluster-2-XXX/system-volumes

run

configuration show-meta-volume-candidates

This should show you volumes whihch are 78GB in size and are suitable candidates for Meta Volume backup

run 

configuration metadata-backup

then select the required volumes for Meta Volumes to change the Meta volume disks to the new disks

Meta-Volume Detach Mirror

cd to  

VPlexcli:/clusters/Cluster-2-XXX/system-volumes/SiteB_VPLEX_Meta_1/components

to remove the META VOLUMES

meta-volume detach-mirror --storage-volume VPD83T3:MeaningfulText  --meta-volume SiteB_VPL EX_Meta_1

meta-volume detach-mirror --storage-volume VPD83T3:Meaningful text--meta-volume SiteB_VPL EX_Meta_1

Meta Volumes removed

Moving a logging Volumes

cd to

/clusters/Cluster-2-XXX/system-volumes/SiteB-VPLEX-Log_vol/components

run ls -la

Name                                  Slot    Type    Operational  Health  Capacity
------------------------------------  Number  ------  Status       State   --------
------------------------------------  ------  ------  -----------  ------  --------
extent_VPLEXNAME_SiteB-VPLEX-Log_1_1  0       extent  ok           ok      10G
extent_VPLEXNAME_SiteB-VPLEX-Log_2_1  1       extent  ok           ok      10G

Above are the current logging volumes

There are two logging volumes

Create NEW Logging Volumes from extents

logging-volume create -n SiteB-VPLEX-XIO-log_vol -g raid-1 -e extent_XIO_SiteB_SiteB_VPLEX_Log_1_1, extent_XIO_SiteB_SiteB_VPLEX_Log_2_1

cd to

cd /distributed-storage/distributed-devices/

Set Logging Volumes ll

set-log --logging-volumes SiteB-VPLEX-XIO-log_vol_vol --distributed-device * (type in do not copy and include the *)

check this worked

cd to

/clusters/Cluster-2-VPLEXNAME/system-volumes/SiteB-VPLEX-log_vol_vol/segments>

then run ls -la

check original logging volume is not in use by any distributed devices

cd to

/clusters/Cluster-2-VPLEXNAME/system-volumes/SiteB-VPLEX-Log_vol/segments>

ls -la

Name    Starting Block  Block Count  Use
------  --------------  -----------  ----
free-0  0               5440         free

Destroy the logging volume

logging-volume destroy --logging-volume SiteB-VPLEX-Log_vol

Destroy the extents behind the logging volume

extent destroy --extents extent_VNX/VMAX_SiteB-VPLEX-Log_1_1

extent destroy --extents extent_VNX/VMAX_SiteB-VPLEX-Log_1_1

unclaim the volume from storage

check out the VPD  / storage volume name  this needs to be unclaimed

VPlexcli:/clusters/Cluster-2-VPLEXNAME/storage-elements/storage-volumes> unclaim VNX_SiteB_SiteB-VPLEX-Log_1
Unclaimed 1 of 1 storage-volumes.

VPlexcli:/clusters/Cluster-2-VPLEXNAME/storage-elements/storage-volumes> unclaim VNX_SiteB_SiteB-VPLEX-Log_2
Unclaimed 1 of 1 storage-volumes.

Hope this helps

Regards

Tadhg

Hi Andy

Good to hear it worked

Regards,

Tadhg

Thanks for the update. I tried your method and it worked perfectly!

Andy,

i have five 10gb log volumes. i want to move them to new array's. created 5 new 10gb logging volumes. but move will not work.

set-log --logging-volumes new_loggingvol_1 --distributed-devices *

the error i get:

couldn't find space on a healthy reserved logging device.

any idea? thanks in advance!

Since I recently performed this exact activity, I am providing the steps i used.

Meta Volume Moves to new array

present 4 new 80gb volumes from new array - DO NOT CLAIM THEM thru VPLEX

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

run ll command - to list current system volumes

should show the following

cluster1 logging volume

cluster1 meta volume

cluster1 meta volume backup1

cluster1 meta volume backup2

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/Cluster1-Meta-Volume

cd /components

run ll - should list the 2 VPD's of the 2 current volumes(luns) used for the meta volume

run command - configuration show-meta-volume-candidates

- you should see the 4 new 80gb volumes from the new array with VPD's

cd /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/Cluster1-Meta-Volume

run command - meta-volume detach-mirror -d VPD83T3:6008888888888d88bef88888888de888 --meta-volume CL1_META - this should be the VPD# from one of the original 80gb luns which you want to remove

*** attach new volume from new array

run command - meta-volume attach-mirror -d VPD83T3:600777777777777bef777777777de777 --meta-volume CL1_META - this should be the VPD# from one of the new 80gb luns from the new array

cd /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/Cluster1-Meta-Volume/components

run ll

newly added mirror will show error and critical failure - no worries - just need to wait while it syncs up

if you navigate to the /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/Cluster1-Meta-Volume/ and run the "ll" command it will provide an rebuild-ETA and percentage complete

wait until the rebuild process completes

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

run the "ll" command

verify "health state" is ok for all 4 volumes

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/Cluster1-Meta-Volume

cd /components

run ll - should list the 2 VPD's - one from each array now

repeat the meta-volume detach removing the old array

repeat meta-volume attach for the second leg of the cluster1 meta-volume using the new array VPD

wait for sync to complete

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

verify Operational Status and Health Status of all volumes

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/cluster1-metavolume/components

run ll

verify both VPD's are from new array

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

- we still need to delete the 2 backup volumes and add the new ones from the new array

cd to one the MetaVolume backups

cd to the components - verify VPD is from old array

***delete the backup

run command - meta-volume destroy --meta-volume

run meta volume destroy command twice - one for each backup

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

run ll - verify logging and Meta volume exist ( should be 2 in the output)

verify you still have 2 80gb volumes unclaimed to use for meta volumes backup

run command - configuration show-meta-volume-candidates

Reconfigure the backup schedule - this will allow you to use the 2 new volumes from the new array

cd /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

run command - configuraton metadata-backup

When asked "Do you want change the existing schedule?" - Select Y

It should list the 2 new volumes from the new array

you will have to specify the 2 volumes to use for backups

Please select volumes for meta-data backup, preferably from two different arrays (volume1,volume2):VPD#1,VPD#2

VPLEX is configured to back up meta-data every day at 23:00 (UTC).

  Would you like to change the time the meta-data is backed up? [no]: You can select NO here if you don't want to the change the time

It should specify a summary with the backup time and which volumes it will use - verify VPD's are from new array

Would you like to run the setup process now? [yes]: yes - select YES for this question

Scheduling the backup of metadata...

Performing metadata backup (This will take a few minutes) - it will perform a backup which we can verify later

Successfully performed the initial backing up of metadata

Successfully scheduled the backing up of metadata

Successfully scheduled the metadata backup

The metadata backup has been successfully scheduled.

navigate to /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes

run ll

you should now see 4 volumes listed

Logging

MetaVolume

MetaVolume1 - backup

MetaVolume2 - backup

You can change to the components folder of the MetaVolume, MetaVolume 1 Backup, and MetaVolume 2 backup to verify the VPD's are from the new array

***you can also verify the consistency on the meta volumes

run command - meta-volume verify-on-disk-consistency -c cluster

Unclaim 4 old luns

unmap from storage array

rediscover array and "forget unreachable luns"

run health-check or health-check --full