Randy, 

have you tried using the Netapp Management Console (NMC) for this?
I've done a few dozen vFiler migrations using the NMC vFiler migration "wizard" - 
it asks you for all the parameters you would otherwise need on the command line and is robust and reliable in my experience.

You get it from the "OnCommand Core Package", via:


I only had resort to a command line vfiler migrate for an offline migration for a special vfiler once.

I'm currently planning 32, 64 bit upgrades with data motion,

Good luck,

Fletcher.

On May 2, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Randy Rue wrote:

Hello All,

Running 8.1GA on a 3240 and trying to move two vfilers from one aggregate
to another (both are 64 bit aggrs). Ultimately I just need to move the
root and data volumes for these vfilers.

Not finding a wealth of examples on the "vol move" command, not surprising
as this is a pretty new feature.
http://www.netapp.com/us/communities/tech-ontap/tot-data-motion-1102.html

NetApp's blurb says this can be done without interruption, but also talks
a lot about when to do the "cutover." They say the cutover can be
triggered manually or automatically. But I can't make the "vol move"
command do anything but return a usage blurb unless I include a "start"
switch.

Also, their website claims this can be done nondisruptively. But "vol move
start" keeps failing because I have CIFS and/or NFS running. In fact, if I
turn them both off it still complains that I have NFS exports configured
and that I need to remove them first.

Anyone have experience moving volumes from one aggr to another, hopefully
live?

Randy Rue
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