Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Manually Move a Volume Based on a Recommendation

If a threshold alert recommends moving volumes to a different Storage Center but does not recommend moving a specific volume, decide which volumes to move and manually create Live Volumes to move them.

1. Examine the volumes hosted by the current Storage Center and decide which volume(s) to move to the recommended Storage Center.
2. Convert each volume that you want to move to a Live Volume.
   • Use the recommended Storage Center as the destination.
   • Map the destination volume to the server that is currently mapped to the volume.
3. After the Live Volume is synchronized, swap roles to make the recommended Storage Center the primary for the Live Volume.
   1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view, then click the Live Volumes tab.
   2. Find the Live Volume Wait until the Live Volume is synchronized, then select the Live Volume and click Swap Primary Storage Center of Live Volume. A confirmation dialog box appears.
   3. Click OK to confirm the swap.
4. If you decide that you want to make the recommended Storage Center the permanent host for the volume, delete the Live Volume and recycle the secondary volume (original volume).
   1. Select the Live Volume and click Delete. The Delete Objects dialog box appears.
   2. Clear the Convert to Replication check box.
   3. Select the Recycle Secondary Volume check box.
   4. Click OK.