Network and Storage Protocols

Qtree migration

tatlee
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Is there a easy way to migrate an existing qtree to a new volume and without disruption?

Regards,

Terrence

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adamfox
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I doubt it, but just in case, what protocols are you using to access this qtree?

philiparnason
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If you are using snapmirror, I would check out the snapmirror migrate command.  I've heard both that qtree migration works live, and also that the qtree's need to be remounted.

filer1> man snapmirror

gives a lot of information about the migrate command.

Thanks,

Philip Arnason

adamfox
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Ok, we're assuming NAS here..

You would have to remount the qtree after the move.  By my definition, that's disruptive.  The issue is that with qtree snapmirror, the inode #s will change.  There is also the issue of the FSID that would cause an issue as well.  You can't have the same FSID for 2 volumes on the same controller or within an HA pair.  That is also a comonent of the file handle.

tatlee
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Thanks Adam. Seems this is the easiest way.

Regards,

Terrence Lee

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tatlee
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Great...thanks for the info.

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