That must have been a while ago since SAN has been supported in cDOT starting with 8.1.

Regarding migration from 7-mode to cDOT, NetApp has a tool named 7MTT that leverages SnapMirror to migrate data from 7-mode to cDOT filers.

-k

> On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:50 PM, "John Stoffel" <john@stoffel.org> wrote:
>
>
> tmac> It may be a tiny bit more complicated, however, after you
> tmac> administer it for a short while you will find it is very close
> tmac> to 7-mode.
>
> tmac> I now prefer it to 7-mode due to many enhancements (too many to
> tmac> list mind you).
>
> But what about the limitations?  We looked at it when we moved up to
> 3220s and 3250 pairs, but in particular the vFilers not being able to
> do SAN FC LUNs was a big turn off for us.  I wanted to setup a certain
> group in a vFiler, but since they are FC only mostly, it was a no-go.
>
> We're currently running 8.1.2 in 7-mode and fairly happy.  Thinking up
> upgrades, but if it ain't seriously broke, why bother?
>
> Also, how would we migrate from 7-mode to cluster mode with a minimum
> of hassle?

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