Hill, Aaron wrote:
I have not read anything yet on a transition method from standalone volumes so they can be placed into an aggregate as flexvols? i.e. Without adding more disk and doing some snapmirror (volume or qtree). I guees I am talking about a conversion(transmutation?) into the aggregate rather than a migration.
Please interrupt me right now if there is a way to do this.
It's going to be a pain. buy or borrow some extra shelves if possible, so you have a "peg" to use for the shuffle.
long ago, in early discussions about the OnTap version that became 7G, I could swear that you could convert a traditional volume into a FlexVol, and its underlying spindles into an aggregate. but, that feature appears to have been removed, or never made it.
We added R200 shelves, and have been emptying ds14's where possible to get enough spindles to start the migration adventure. 56 volumes and 500 qtrees, with no production interruption, is going to take awhile ;-)
-skottie