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Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Live Migration Requirements

To create Live Migrations, the requirements listed in the following table must be met:

Live migration requirements
Requirement Description
Storage Center version The source and destination Storage Centers must be running version 7.1 or later.
NOTE:Dell recommends that both Storage Centers run the same version of Storage Center software.
Storage Center license No additional license is necessary.
Dell Storage Manager configuration The source and destination Storage Centers must be added to Dell Storage Manager.
Storage Center communication The source and destination Storage Centers must be connected using Fibre Channel or iSCSI, and each Storage Center must be defined on the other Storage Center.
  • On the source Storage Center, the destination Storage Center must be defined as a remote Storage Center.
  • On the destination Storage Center, the source Storage Center must be defined as a remote Storage Center.
Replication QoS definitions Replication Quality of Service (QoS) definitions must be defined on the source Storage Center.
Server
  • The source and destination Storage Centers must be mapped to a server.
  • MPIO must be enabled on the destination server to prevent I/O interruption during a Live Migration.

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