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September 30th, 2019 18:00

Migrating VNX multi-protocol filesystems to Unity

Hi, customer has a large VNX File install base with many multi-protocol filesystems. We are undergoing a tech refresh to Unity XT File arrays and I wish to know if future releases of the 5.X code will support multi-protocol filesystems using the native file import feature?   

Otherwise are there suggestions for a tool or method that can be used to perform this.

Thanks, Daniel

 

  • Upar

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    Posted October 1st, 2019 06:00

    Hi,

    I  do have same  query can anyone assist on it.

     

    Is there any document which contains step to step process for  Migrating VNX multi-protocol filesystems to Unity 

     

    Regards,

    Shwetha S                 

  • Rainer_EMC

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    Posted November 12th, 2019 13:00

    I dont think there is a step by step guide

    You first need to understand the Unity multi-protocol options - see the Unity multi-protocol PDF manual

    Then analyze what you are currently using on VNX and design your Unity config

    For data migration itself you either use a 3rd party software like DataDobi or a combination of emcopy and rsync depending on your access policy

    Other option would be to engage professional service

  • cadencep45

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    Posted November 18th, 2019 04:00

    3rd party tool = data dobi miner ( there are licensing costs )

     

    migrated VNX -> Unity with this, it does work, but its not click and go, a little bit of NFS knowledge is required as all your mount paths will change as the concept of VDM disappears - talk to EMC re dobi miner

  • Rainer_EMC

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    Posted November 25th, 2019 06:00

    yes - migrations like that arent a click and go since some things work differently

    NAS servers on Unity are similar to VDMs on VNX but they are much more complete in terms of functionality and multi-tenancy

    what did go away is the concepts of a global/physical data mover that also had access to all the VDMs data
    But that wasnt by design - rather that VDM werent there in early Celerra