Data Domain: How to migrate AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume from gp2 to gp3 type for Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) appliance deployed in AWS cloud platform

Summary: This article describes how to migrate AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume from gp2 to gp3 type for Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) appliance deployed in AWS cloud platform.

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Instructions

Amazon has announced new gp3 EBS Volume type which provides better I/O performance at lower cost compared to gp2 volume.  It is the next-generation general purpose SSD volumes for Amazon EBS.  

See following information on AWS web portal for additional information.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/migrate-your-amazon-ebs-volumes-from-gp2-to-gp3-and-save-up-to-20-on-costs/ 

Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) deployed in AWS cloud platform can take advantage of new GP3 EBS Volume features and cost saving.
In DDOS 7.7.x and later version gp3 volumes will be selected as default for new DDVE deployment.
 For current DDVE instances with DDOS 7.6.x version, use the following procedure to migrate the system from gp2 to gp3.
 
Note: No down time is required to upgrade EBS volume type from gp2 to gp3. Refer to  following installation and administration Guide "Migrate from gp2 to gp3" section for more information. 
Dell EMC PowerProtect DDVE on Amazon Web Services Installation and Administration Guide
 
  • Login to AWS portal and check and identify current EBS volume type for DDVE instance
EC2 => Elastic Block Volume
 
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  • Update all EBS volume from gp2 gp3 after DDVE instance as follows
 
               EC2 => Elastic Block Volume => Select Volume => Actions => Modify Volume
 
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Create Volume Name ddO I •aw-s ddOI -aws ddOI -aws ddOI -aws Actions MetadataDisk MetadataDisk 2 NV RAM RootDisk Volume ID vol-099fbaO$ 1024 GiB 1024 GiB 10 Gia 250 Gia Volume Type gp2 gp2 gp2 lops 3072 3072 Throughput • Snapshot snap-Ola76c& Created September 30, 2021 30, 2021 September 30, 2021 30, 2021 Availability Zone us•east• Id us-east-Id us-east-Id o State in-use In-use Alarm None Status Attachment I ntorm ..oa4S8d30e6bccc88.„ i-oa458d30e6bccc88_ '-Oa4S8d30e6bccc8&_ i-Oa458d30g6bccc88._. Modify Volume Volumes: I vol-0b1a866c059d0c58a (dd01 -aws_RootDisk) Description Status Checks Volume ID Alarm status Snapshot Availability Zone Encryption Key ID KMS Key Aliases •as Key ARN Throughput (Ma's) Monitoring Tags vol.Ob13866cOS9dOcS8a snap-Ola!6cb2426aISOöd Not Encrypted Volume ID Volume W pe Size lops vol-Ob13866cOS9dOc58a General Purpose ssD (gp2) 250 750 3000 (Min: -1 Gia. Max: 16384 Gi8) at PM UTC.IO (attached) 7f7jdsyh5eytC41ct (Baseline or 3 lops per Gia with a minimum or 100 lops. ourstaoe to 3000 lops) Cancel o Modify
 
Modify Volume volume 10 vol.OD13866c059dOc58a Volume Wpe Size lops Throughput General purpose SSE) (gp3) 250 3000 125 (Mim 1 GiB. Max; 16384 GiB) (Min: 3000 lops. Max 16000 OPS) (Min: 125 Ma,'s, Mar 1000 Ma,'s) cancel o o o Modify (ddO 7'7'd
 
 Modify Volume Are you sure that you want to modify volume vol-Ob13866c059dOc58a? It may take some time for performance changes to take full effect. may need to extend the os me system on the volume to use any newly-allocated space Learn more about resizing an EBS volume on Linux and Windows. Cancel
  Modify Volume Modify Volume Request Succeeded Your volume is now modified. Close
 
  • Repeat the above steps for the remaining EBS volumes attached to DDVE instance
Note: System will show gp2 information after the above steps and latest changes will be updated after few minutes.
 
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  • Verify EBS volume after few minutes for information
 
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Article Number: 000192086
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 11 Jan 2023
Version:  7
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