VPlex: How to vmotion between two VPlex Locals

Summary: This KB article outlines how to migrate between two VPlex Local systems

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VPLEX does not support XCopy across independent VPLEX Clusters.

VPLEX would support XCopy across two clusters but only in a Metro configuration.
 

To resolve this issue:

  1. Disable XCopy on affected storage views on VPLEX.
  2. Enable accelerated locking on ESXi hosts.
 

Workaround:

  1. On the affected Storage-views, disable XCopy using the following commands.
    • Change directory (cd)  to the affected storage-views and execute the following command:
VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-id/exports/storage-views/STORAGE-VIEW-NAME> set xcopy-enabled false


The storage-view should now have x-copy disabled:

VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-id/exports/storage-views/STORAGE-VIEW-NAME> ll
Name                      Value
------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
caw-enabled               true
controller-tag            -
initiators                [SV_D1, SV_D2]
operational-status        ok
.
.
.
virtual-volumes           [(0,DEV_0,VPD83T3:6000144000000010xxxxxxxx,3T),
                          (1,DEV_1,VPD83T3:6000144000000010xxxxxxxxxx,3T),
write-same-16-enabled     true
xcopy-enabled             false  <------------------------------

 

  1. On the affected ESXi Host(s), enable accelerated locking but disable accelerated move (XCOPY). 

Rather than disabling everything in VAAI, the user can be selective and disable the unsupported primitive on the ESXi Host(s).
To be more specific on the changes:

HardwareAcceleratedLocking = OK; enable (atomic test and set)
HardwareAcceleratedMove = Not OK; leave disabled (clone blocks, full copy, xcopy)
HardwareAcceleratedInit = OK; enable (zero blocks, write same)

Affected Products

VPLEX Series

Products

VPLEX Series, VPLEX VS2, VPLEX VS6
Article Properties
Article Number: 000158395
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 05 Aug 2022
Version:  4
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