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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 14.0 User's Guidefor Virtual Storage Conductor

5.4.2 Selecting the migration destination physical disk while checking the physical disk

The user can perform migration while checking information of the migration destination physical disk selected automatically based on the information entered.

  1. Click the <Start Migration> button in the copy window. Otherwise, select [Operations] - [Start Migration].

  2. The "Start Migration" dialog box then appears.

  3. When you want to disable the automatic switch from the migration source to the migration destination physical disk, check the [Hold Migration Backup Disk] box (which at this time is not yet checked by default).

  4. Click the <Migration Source Setup> button.

  5. The "Select Migration Source" dialog box then appears.

  6. Select from the migration source tree area the virtual enclosure that stores the virtual disk to be migrated.

  7. The "Select Migration Source" table lists the virtual disks in the virtual enclosure.

  8. Select the virtual disk to be migrated and click the <OK> button.

  9. The "Start Migration" dialog box shows information of the virtual disk selected.

  10. Click the <Migration Destination Setup> button.

  11. The "Select Migration Destination" dialog box then appears.

  12. Select the virtual storage pool in which the migration destination physical disk is registered and click the <OK> button.

  13. The "Select Migration Destination (Physical Disk)" dialog box then appears.

  14. Enter the following status information necessary for selecting the migration destination physical disk.

    Capacity (selective)

    The virtual disk capacity is displayed by default. If more capacity than displayed is required, enter the appropriate capacity (numeric value) required for the migration destination physical disk.

    The unit is fixed at [MB].

    RAID (selective)

    Select the RAID level of the migration destination physical disk from the pull-down menu.

    The pull-down menu lists [No specification](default)/ [1+0], [1], [5], [6] and [0] but the RAID levels that cannot be selected for the physical disks are not displayed.

    Storage Name (selective)

    When there are multiple migration destination physical disks, use the physical disks in the same storage or select from the pull-down menu.

    Only the storage devices registered in the virtual storage pool are displayed in [Storage name].

    The pull-down menu lists [No specification] (default)/[Storage name] but the storage names that cannot be selected for the physical disks are not displayed.

    Encryption (selective)

    Select the encryption attribute of a physical disk that configures the virtual disk from the pull-down menu.

    The pull-down menu lists [Encryption] and [Non-encryption] but an encryption attribute that cannot be selected for the physical disk is not displayed.

    Disk type (selective)

    Use the pull-down menu to select the "disk type" for the physical disks that make up the virtual disk.

    The pull-down menu includes "Online" and "Nearline" disk types, but only the options that can be selected for that particular physical disk are displayed.

  15. Click the <Candidate Selection> button.

  16. The "Select Migration Destination (Physical Disk)" dialog box shows the automatically selected physical disk with its checkbox checked.

    If you want to migrate to the automatically selected physical disk:
    1. Click the <OK> button.

    If you want to migrate to physical disks other than the automatically selected physical disk:
    1. Remove the check mark from the automatically selected physical disk.

    2. Select and check the physical disk that you want as the migration destination.

    3. Click the <OK> button.

    If you want to change the assigned capacity of the automatically selected physical disk:
    1. Click the <Assigned Capacity> button for the physical disk whose quota capacity you want to change.

    2. The "Assigned Capacity" dialog box then appears.

    3. Enter the changed quota capacity.

    Assigned Capacity (required)

    Enter the capacity you want to assign from the physical disk selected to the virtual disk in [MB].

    1. Click the <OK> button in the "Assigned Capacity" dialog box.

    2. Click the <OK> button in the "Select Migration Destination (Physical Disk)" dialog box.

  17. Click the <Start Migration> button in the "Start Migration" dialog box.

  18. The "Start Migration" confirmation dialog then appears. Click the <Close> button.

  19. The "Start Migration" dialog displays the migration activation result. Click the <Close> button.

  20. Confirm on the copy status reference display screen that migration has been activated.

    The migration processing of the virtual disks will be executed.