Use the migratetoimage command
to migrate data from a volume (image mode or managed mode) onto a
new image mode volume copy. The target disk does not have to be in
the same storage pool as the source disk.
Syntax
migratetoimage [ -copy id ] -vdisk { source_vdisk_id | source_vdisk_name } [ -threads number_of_threads ] -mdisk { unmanaged_target_mdisk_id | unmanaged_target_mdisk_name } [ -tier { tier0_flash | tier1_flash | tier_enterprise | tier_nearline } ] -mdiskgrp { managed_disk_group_id | managed_disk_group_name }
Parameters
- -vdisksource_vdisk_id |
name
- (Required) Specifies the name or ID of the source volume to be
migrated.
- -copyid
- (Required if the specified volume has more than one copy)
Specifies the volume copy to migrate from.
- -threads number_of_threads
- (Optional) Specifies the number of threads to use during the
migration of extents. You can specify 1 - 4 threads. The default
number of threads is 4.
- -mdiskunmanaged_target_mdisk_id
| name
- (Required) Specifies the name of the MDisk to which the data must
be migrated. This disk must be unmanaged and large enough to contain
the data of the disk that is being migrated.
- -mdiskgrpmanaged_disk_group_id
| name
- (Required) Specifies the storage pool into which the MDisk must
be placed, after the migration has completed.
- -tiertier0_flash | tier1_flash | tier_enterprise |
tier_nearline
- (Optional) Specifies the tier of the MDisk being added.
- tier0_flash
- Specifies a tier0_flash hard disk drive or an external MDisk for the newly
discovered or external volume.
- tier1_flash
- Specifies an tier1_flash (or flash drive) hard disk drive or an external MDisk
for the newly discovered or external volume.
- tier_enterprise
- Specifies a tier_enterprise hard disk drive or an external MDisk for the newly
discovered or external volume.
- tier_nearline
- Specifies a tier_nearline hard disk drive or an external MDisk for the newly
discovered or external volume.
Description
This command cannot be used to if the source volume copy is in a child pool or if the MDisk group
that is specified is a child pool. This command does not work if the volume is fast formatting.
Note: You cannot migrate a volume or volume image between
storage pools if cloud snapshot is enabled on the volume.
The migratetoimage command migrates the data of a user-specified volume by
consolidating its extents (which might reside on one or more MDisks) onto the extents of the target
MDisk that you specify. After migration is complete, the volume is classified as an image type
volume, and the corresponding mdisk is classified as an image mode MDisk.
The managed disk that is specified as the target must be in an unmanaged state at the time that
the command is run. Running this command results in the inclusion of the MDisk into the
user-specified storage pool.
You cannot specify migratetoimage if the target or source volume is offline.
Correct the offline condition before you migrate the volume.
Remember: This command cannot be used on a volume that is owned by a filesystem or if
the source MDisk is an SAS MDisk (which works in image mode only).
If the volume (or volume copy) is a target of
a FlashCopy mapping with a source volume in an
active-active relationship the new storage pool must be in the same site as the
source volume. If the volume is in an active-active relationship the new storage
pool must be located in the same site as the source volume. Additionally, the site information for
the MDisk being added must be well-defined and match the site information for other MDisks in the
storage pool.
Note: You cannot migrate date from a volume if the target volume's formatting
attribute value is yes.
An encryption key cannot be used when migrating
an image mode MDisk. To use encryption (when the MDisk has an encryption key), the MDisk must be
self-encrypting.
An invocation
example
The
following example specifies that the user wants to migrate the data from
vdisk0 onto
mdisk5 and
that the MDisk must be
put into the storage pool
mdgrp2.
migratetoimage -vdisk vdisk0 -mdisk mdisk5 -mdiskgrp mdgrp2 -tier tier_nearline
The
resulting output:
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