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PP Migration error message
Hello,
I had PP migration setup on windows host last evening. Last evening the server was rebooted now when i query the status it was showing the migration handle was setup. When i retried to start the sync on the handle it throwed me below error message can any one help me on this.
C:\Documents and Settings\kmadmin>powermig cleanup -hd 5
Cleanup migration? [yes]/no: yes
PPME error(30): Unable to scrub the abandoned device
C:\Documents and Settings\kmadmin>powermig info -all
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Hnd Source Target Tech State
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5 harddisk1 harddisk7 HostCopy needsRecovery(cleanup)
C:\Documents and Settings\kmadmin>powermig info -all
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Hnd Source Target Tech State
=== ========= ========= ======== ======================
5 harddisk1 harddisk7 HostCopy needsRecovery(cleanup)
C:\Documents and Settings\kmadmin>powermig cleanup -hd 5
Cleanup migration? [yes]/no: yes
PPME error(7): Needs recovery
C:\Documents and Settings\kmadmin>
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Posted March 29th, 2013 07:00
Thank you for the info. I figured out myself witht eh error message. Even though i tried to do a cleanup i was throwing me an error message saying i need to recover. So i had to restart the PP migrator service and unmap the lun on the arry and remap it . After that iw as able to cleanup and set up a new migration.
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Posted March 29th, 2013 07:00
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Posted March 30th, 2013 02:00
I believe using "-force" with the cleanup option would have worked also.
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Posted March 30th, 2013 06:00
i've seen that in one of the primus solutions, to me that implies that sync completed successfully, i/o has been redirect to target device and you use -force cleanup to destroy PP relationship (that otherwise could not be deleted with simple cleanup command). As you know cleanup deletes header on the source device so if that's what it really does than in OP scenario it would have blown away production data.
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Posted March 30th, 2013 10:00
Once you described it, your assessment Dynamox makes sense. Thanks.
I just did some searching, and curiously if a user was to stumble on the following KB article they may have tried the "-force". The KB article below really does need some context as to what the exact situation was leading up to the error message. Like you noted, depending on where in the process the user is, it may not be the right choice.
emc315429: "PowerPath Migration Enabler cleanup results in error: needsrecovery (cleanup)"
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Posted March 29th, 2013 07:00
thank you for letting us know how you resolved the issue.