SAn migration

[Catter]

What is the easiest way to migrate data from one SAN to another without affecting the VMs?

[mcowger]

Just finished this...

storage vmotion

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--Matt

VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

[runclear]

mcowger is correct, there are other way's to accomplish this task, but svmotion is by far the easiest, less painful ways of completing this type of admin task.

Storage Vmotion is your friend (in most cases )

[Catter]

Thanks....Since I do not have license for it I guess I will have to use the eval version for now.

[runclear]

do you have VCB setup? (and a VCB *proxy) server setup? you could take a VCB backup then restore/ *import your backup to the new SAN... ive done this method as well...

[jose_maria_gonz]

Hi,

With Storage Vmotion you don´t have any downtime at a VM level. With VCB and Converter to do the restore you would have some downtime

Saludos,

Jose Maria Gonzalez,

El blog de Virtualizacion en Español

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[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Check out Storage VMotion Saves the Day for a case study on doing just what you are planning on doing. Starts a bit further back than this blog but its all in there.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009
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