I'm using an r200 as a snapmirror destination for all my filers around the corporation. The r200 is off maintenance and a 3160 has been purchased to replace the r200. The r200 has 12 shelves, and the 3160 has only the one shelf. My migration plan is basically to shut the r200 down, plug the shelves into the 3160, rename to the old r200 name, and re-IP to the 200's old IP addy.
When talking to a colleague who is friends with a Netapp pro, he says that upgrading heads is a simple thing. My migration plan sounds like it's not that clean. I'm thinking of copying the snapmirror.conf file, /etc/rc file, and host.equiv, ect.. files to the /etc/ dir of the 3160.
If I want the 3160 to host the exact same configuration as the 3160, what is the cleanest/best/easiest way to accomplish this? I have a tape library that backs up the r200 via fiber and I also have a Krazeon that crawls data for compliance/legal reasons. Changing either the Krazeon or the Netbackup schedule may be quite troublesome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Phil
Ps. I've never done a head migration. I'm not exactly sure what to expect. Any advice/pointers would also be greatly appreciated.