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NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:18:18 GMT

We have a NetApp R200 running DOT 7.3.3 that has bascially been sitting idle in a corner for far too long with old archived data on it. We are trying to migrate that data off to get rid of it by leveraging snapmirror and send it to one of our FAS2240-4 arrays running DOT 8.2.2. Our problem we are running into is the R200 had a trial license installed back in 2007/2008 when we migrated the data over to a FAS 3020. We left all the snapshots on the R200 though. Unfortunately, that trial license has expired and we cannot add a new trial license. i reached out to my rep who got me in touch with a SE at NetApp. they sent me a bunch of trial codes but i keep getting this error: Promotional license installation limit exceeded for snapmirror

NetApp says there is no way around it and that i will have to contact their Professional services team to assist. They cannot even get a new purchased snapmirror license because that array is EOL/EOS. I read somewhere that someone mentioned if you reinstall DOT on the box that it will clear the trial licenses and let you use a new trial license. Anyone comment on that? Will that work. if so, will the config/aggregates/volumes/data etc all stay intact or will they all be lost?

What other options do i have to migrate the data if snapmirror is a no go? It is about 10TB of data.

Feel free to ask any questions for things i did not mention.

thanks,

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

TMACMD — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:12:03 GMT

https://xcp.netapp.com

Use XCP and copy the data.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:46:06 GMT

Will this tool keep all the data in the existing snapshot structure? We have month end snapshots with project data that we still need to retain.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

TMACMD — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:10:46 GMT

it will not.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

aborzenkov — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:45:40 GMT

If you have spare disks which can be used to install Data ONTAP on (or separate root aggregate to overwrite) - yes, you can then access your data on another existing aggregate with all snapshots. This is one of great 7-Mode features that C-Mode lacks.

This is high risk activity, it is easy to accidentally wipe out data, so professional service does not sound like bad idea.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

AlexDawson — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:44:29 GMT

Hi there!

XCP is indeed the recommended option at this point.

For 7 mode systems, a portion of the root volume stores data related to system licensing, and the only way to wipe that is to re-install the system.

With the right experience and knowledge, it's an easy activity if you have spare disks or a dedicated root aggregate, but as @aborzenkov says, there is the risk of data loss, so it is suggested to get a VAR/Partner PS engineer to perform it (I believe our PS requires that the system is under a support contract, which is no longer available for that platform)

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

lwebb — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:39:04 GMT

You might want to bump up:

options license_demo.limit

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

paul_stejskal — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:36:03 GMT

Copy it host side? StorageX or XCP would work.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:57:18 GMT

i have 5 spare disks listted when running: vol status -s

Anyone recommend a company that i could hire to assist with this that has experience installing DOT onto a separate aggregate/volume?

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:58:03 GMT

@lwebb wrote:

You might want to bump up:

options license_demo.limit

when i type options i do not see that listed anywhere. is there some other method to locate this setting?

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

lwebb — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:04:23 GMT

Sorry you may have to type "priv set advanced" then see if you can bump up the demo limit. then the trial license may work.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:10:11 GMT

@lwebb wrote:

Sorry you may have to type "priv set advanced" then see if you can bump up the demo limit. then the trial license may work.

Tried that too but i don't see that specific option listed in the output. i even copied the cli output, put it into notepad and did a search looking for license or license_demo but came back with 0 results.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:33:34 GMT

trial license has now been added.

ftlsan3-old 7.3.3

NYCSAN1-A 8.2.2

i have created my new destination volumes and restricted them both.

i have made the destination volumes larger than the source

i have added the snapmirrors to the destination /etc/snapmirror.conf file

from source when i run:

i am getting this error: snapmirror initialize -S FTLSAN3-OLD:vol2 NYCSAN1-A:FTLSAN3OLDArchiveVOL2R200

Illegal destination filer specification: NYCSAN1-A.
Destination filer, if specified, must match the local host: FTLSAN3-OLD

Never seen this error before.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:35:03 GMT

Am i not allowed to snapmirror to a different array? Is this a limitation of the trial license?

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

TMACMD — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:39:35 GMT

Should not be limited. The destination must be the same or newer than the source

in all likelihood you have a typo someplace

check the output on each controller for "hostname"

check all the snapmirror files needed on both sides for the correct names. Make sure the all names are in both /etc/hosts files. If you are using the snapmirror options make sure they are typed correctly.

verify all that and let us know

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

lwebb — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:44:27 GMT

Snapmirrors are destination driven. Are you running the command from the destination filer?

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:58:07 GMT

it was an ID10T error.... 🙂

first snapmirror is running. Helps to run the commands from the destination. i also had to add the destination filer to the source snapmirror.allow file as well.

second snapmirror fails because it was setup as a traditional volume not a flex volume (dont ask me why. i was not employed here when that was created). It is also the current root volume.

What is the best approach for this? Create a traditional volume on the destination for now. migrate the data over and then covert to flex volume?

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

paul_stejskal — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:10:04 GMT

Wow a tradvol. 😮

Honestly if it's the root volume, I don't think there would be anything on there that would need saving. I'd double check what's on there though, as I'm not sure how they set it up.

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

TMACMD — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:11:55 GMT

If I recall, you might be able to do a Qtree snapmirror

I am pretty sure it was a thing. I am not sure when it happened or if it continued and still exists.
give it a try

I am not sure if that will work from a Q tree on a traditional volume to a Q tree on a flexible volume wouldn't hurt to give it a try

Re: NetApp R200 data migration

rbauman79 — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:50:57 GMT

Unfortunately, we have month end snapshots in the root volume. Current size is about 10TB of data in the root volume.