Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Migrate a Volume

Migrating a volume copies a source volume with its server–to–volume mappings to a destination volume. After migrating the volume, the destination volume is mapped to all servers previously mapped to the source volume.

1. If the Dell Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select a volume.
4. In the right pane, select Local Copy > Migrate Volume.
   The Migrate Volume dialog box opens.
5. Select an existing volume or create a new volume for the destination volume.
   • To select an existing volume, select a volume from the Destination Volume table.
   • To create a new volume for the destination volume, click Create Volume.
6. (Optional) Click Copy Snapshots to also copy the snapshots from the source volume.
7. From the Priority drop-down menu, select a priority level for the copy operation.
8. (Optional) Select a post-migrate action.
   • Do Nothing – Migrates the volume without any post-migration actions
   • Delete Source – Deletes the source volume after migrating
   • Reverse Mirror – Mirrors the destination volume to the source volume
9. (Optional) Select Schedule Start Time to set a time for the copy to be created.
10. Click OK.