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Moving qtree from one Volume to another on same Filer

justin_pedersen — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:10:29 GMT

What is the best way to do this with the least amount of downtime? Is there a qtree commands like "lun move"?

Re: Moving qtree from one Volume to another on same Filer

James_Littlefield — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:31:33 GMT

We do this all the time using Snapmirror. The initial copy can take some time depending on the qtree size, but the actual migration only takes a few minutes.

Re: Moving qtree from one Volume to another on same Filer

LTDCLSERGAO — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:16:45 GMT

Hello,

Qtree snapmirror is the best way. If you don't have a snapmirror license, you can use ndmpcopy. 😞 With ndmpcopy, the amount of downtime is equal to the duration of copy.

Re: Moving qtree from one Volume to another on same Filer

HENRYPAN2 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:21:59 GMT

Yes Justin,

qtree snap mirror is your best friend.

If you did not have the snap mirror license, you may ask your NetApp rep for the temp licence code.

Good luck

Henry

Re: Moving qtree from one Volume to another on same Filer

justin_pedersen — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:33:50 GMT

Thanks everyone for the help Appreciate the quick responses.