topic Re: Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par in XP Storage

Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par

Niyi_2 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:10:37 GMT

Hi All,

We are looking at migrating some Luns on xp24000 array to 3par storage. We have HP-UX in this environment. What will be the best way to approach this apart from using the mpx200 solution? Has any one experience with this?

Thanks.

Ade

Re: Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par

Torsten. — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:04:11 GMT

No experience with this, but how about a data transfer via the OS? Consider to use vgmove or just mirror your data from one array to the other.

Re: Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par

LVSsanman — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:09:50 GMT

Yes, the the best way we found to do this was to simply shut apps and copy data from the XP volume to the new 3PAR volume. A timely methid but very reliable.

Re: Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par

dpx — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:14:00 GMT

may i know which fibre switch {i mean vendor} did you use for it? - at the moment, i am facing a problem because of Cisco MDS switch bug -Cisco Bug: CSCuz66833 which is not allowing 3par to communicate with lagacy storage and hosts environment.

Re: Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par

Ashoka_R — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:20:28 GMT

We have Online Import utility which can be used to migrate data from XP to 3PAR array. This requires license on the 3PAR array. HP-UX hosts can be migrated with minimal downtime

Re: Lun migration plan from XP array to 3par

CalvinZito — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 22:32:21 GMT

Agree with @Ashoka_R. The 3PAR Online Import Utility is free I think for 180 days. Here's a link to the product page.