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July 13th, 2011 05:00
Using MirrorView/S or SANcopy for backend migration
Hi
I have a customer with a NS-40FC who would like to re-use it with his CX4-240 - currently weighing the options here - and have a few questions:
1. Would this even be a supported configuration, given that the NS-40 came integrated with the CX3-20?
2. If the answer to #1 is yes, if I recreated the storage groups, luns etc on the CX4, including the control luns, would the NS complain, since it would be presented from a different serial number array?
3. I had a look at using MirrorView/S for DR in this case - it would work if only the customer had another NAS, which they don't at the moment..
Other comments are appreciated!
/bd
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Rainer_EMC
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July 13th, 2011 12:00
What exactly do you want to do?
bddell1
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July 13th, 2011 13:00
The goal would be to reuse the nas with the cx4 backend, if possible - migrating the data and configuration as I go.
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July 14th, 2011 11:00
Sorry - I still don't understand what exactly you want to do
bddell1
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July 14th, 2011 13:00
Hi
Let me try to rephrase myself:
I'd like to use the control station / data movers with a different backend storage than it was originally bundled with (a cx3-20) - keeping the file systems / shares etc as I go.
Regards,
Bjorn
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July 14th, 2011 14:00
No - that's not supported to do
For one the CX4-240 was never qualified as part of a NS Integrated
Converting the NS40 into a gateway NS40G isnt supported AFAIK - you could try an RPQ for that
You could maybe upgrade the NS-40 to a NS-480 - but that would require CX4-480 parts and not 240
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July 14th, 2011 23:00
Thanks, this is what I needed to know.
/bd