Move individual resources
Use the following procedure to move a resource to another resource pool.
Right-click the target resource in the orchestration tree, and select [Move a Resource] from the popup menu.
The [Move a Resource] dialog is displayed.
For "Destination Pool", select the destination resource pool.
Click <OK>.
The target resource is moved to the selected resource pool.
Move multiple resources
Use the following procedure to move a number of registered resources that have been registered in the resource pool to another resource pool.
Right-click on the resource pool in the orchestration tree, then select [Move Resources] from the contextual menu.
The [Move a Resource] dialog is displayed.
Select the destination resource pool for the resource from the "Destination Pool".
If the resources being moved are disk resources click the <Search> in the search conditions. After entering the resource name, click <Search> to reduce the number of resources displayed in the resource list.
Select the resource to be moved from the "Resource List".
Click <OK>.
The target resource is moved to the selected resource pool.
When using tenants to segregate resources, movement of resources may be limited.
For details, refer to "Chapter 21 Resource Folder Operations".
When using Thin Provisioning or Automatic Storage Layering, the destination resource pools that can be selected differ depending on whether Thin Provisioning and Thick Provisioning of storage pools are configured or not.
For details on destination resource pools and the resources which can be registered, refer to "10.1.2 Storage Configuration" in the "Design Guide CE".
Note
When the disk resource to be moved is a LUN created in advance or a disk resource for virtual L-Servers, it is recommended to delete the data on the disk beforehand. For details on how to delete data on the disks, refer to the cautionary notes of "14.5 Storage Resources".
Moving Resources between Folders
Use the following procedure to move a resource to another resource folder.
Right-click the target resource in the tree, and select [Move to Folder] from the popup menu.
The [Move a Resource] or [Move a Pool] dialog is displayed.
Select the destination resource folder.
Click <OK>.
The target resource is moved to the destination resource folder.
When using tenants to segregate resources, movement of resources may be limited.
For details, refer to "Chapter 21 Resource Folder Operations".
When the resource is an L-Server, execute rcxadm lserver move command.
For details on the rcxadm lserver move command, refer to "3.6 rcxadm lserver" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Note
Storage resources with Thin Provisioning attributes cannot be moved to storage pools for which Thin Provisioning attributes are not configured.
Storage resources with Thick Provisioning attributes cannot be moved to storage pools for which Thin Provisioning attributes are configured.
When using datastores of VMware, they can be moved to both storage pools for which Thin Provisioning attributes are configured and storage pools for which Thin Provisioning attributes are not configured.
For details, refer to "Effective Utilization of Storage Using Thin Provisioning" in "2.2.8 Simplifying Storage" in the "Design Guide CE".
When using disk resources with iSCSI connections or disk resources for virtual L-Server, they can be moved to both storage pools for which Thin Provisioning attributes are configured and storage pools for which Thin Provisioning attributes are not configured.
