Hi Hisham,
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Hisham H. Sanad Hsanad@gulfnet-solutions.com wrote:
I have 9TB " CIFS and NFS data " in R200 , I want move this data to the new system FAS2050.
What the best way to move this data.?
You can move the physical disks from one head to the other, but that will only work if:
1. You have a traditional volume or 2. You have an aggregate that contains ONLY the volumes you want to move.
Unplug the disks from the original filer, and plug them back into the new one, the new disks with the data on it will be recognised, and you can force them online.
If you cannot move the disks, because for instance you also have your root volume or other data in an aggregate, you can copy the data (this will take a while..)
You can use ndmpcopy to do this. By using ndmpcopy, you in essence perform a backup/restore over the network, with the same speeds that an NDMP backup from a filer usually has.
One disadvantage of this, is that you won't transfer snapshots and retain the snapshot metadata (such as date of the snapshot etc). If that's important to you, you might consider a SnapMirror license. You will need one on both heads. I think that for migration scenario's time limited licenses are available.
Can I connect the two systems together thru fiber ? ,how can I achieve that,
As said above, you can move the disks. I haven't tried to make one NetApp FCP initiator and the other FCP target yet, but it would be an interesting experiment :)
Greetings,
Nils