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Media Migration

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Figure 3: Selection of the Blink task in OMSA 

Figure 4: Physical disks associated with the resource to be migrated

Summary of Contents for PowerVault 110T DLT1

Page 1: ...Media migration Dell PowerVault DL backup to Disk Appliance powered by Symantec ...

Page 2: ...g up the virtual disks on the PowerVault DL Appliance must be migrated together from one PowerVault DL Appliance to another Migrating single drives or partial drives in a Disk Group will result in data loss for the entire Disk Group Perform the following steps to migrate a Disk Group from one appliance to another Determine the Disk Group for migration 1 Note Although Disk Groups in a standard conf...

Page 3: ... to be migrated and its associated hardware name is VDS_CREATED_001 Figure 1 Example selection of a storage resource to be migrated From the DL Backup to Disk Appliance Console b launch Dell s OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA Select Virtual Disks from the appropriate PERC 6 e Adapter as seen in Figure 2 and locate the hardware name of the resource to be migrated as determined in step 1 a ...

Page 4: ...te of which physical disks c the Disk Group is comprised of by either 1 using the Blink task see Figure 3 and then manually viewing the physical drives now blinking associated with the resource on the MD1000 Storage Enclosure or 2 by viewing the details of the virtual disk as shown in Figure 4 ...

Page 5: ...Media Migration 5 Figure 3 Selection of the Blink task in OMSA Figure 4 Physical disks associated with the resource to be migrated ...

Page 6: ...ver Administrator OMSA tool Import the migrated Disk Group s using OMSA Refer to the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA User Guide for specific steps Note Use the OMSA procedure for importing foreign configurations On the target PowerVault DL appliance reset the Disk 7 Configuration Policy to one of the Automatic settings via the Appliance Management Console Launch Symantec Backup Exec once...

Page 7: ... Exec Management Console perform the following steps to catalog the imported virtual disks From the 1 Devices tab select the first virtual disk that was imported Refer to Figure 1 for an example location Select all of the media on the right 2 Right click all of the media and select 3 Catalog Media from the pop up menu Specify the following if necessary on the Catalog Job Properties dialogue Under ...

Page 8: ...xported media is placed in the portals If you select more media than there are portals the robotic library will fill as many slots as possible and then you are prompted to remove the media from the portal This process continues until all of the selected media has been removed from the robotic library Open the 1 Symantec Backup Exec Management Console Click 2 Devices on the navigation bar Select th...

Page 9: ...ode when you create the import job you must select the option Auto inventory after import is completed If your robotic library uses a media magazine make sure no jobs are currently running and that all media are ejected from the drive and are back in the magazine slots before swapping the magazine You can select any number of slots to import You can monitor this job on the Job Monitor To import me...

Page 10: ...he tape drive robotic library 1 Select the slots containing the tape media that was just 2 imported Right click the tapes slots and select 3 Catalog Migrating a tape library Perform the following steps to move a tape library from one PowerVault DL Appliance to another PowerVault DL Appliance Note The correct number of Library Expansion Option licenses must be installed on the new appliance to supp...

Page 11: ... Library The tape media must be cataloged once the PowerVault Tape library has completed the inventory process Cataloging the tape media allows Backup Exec to read and store the information contained in the tape media catalog which includes Tape number label name something to identify that tape from all others Date and time of the backup Type of backup What directories files were backed up Perform...

Page 12: ...the appliance where the media sets are being copied Set the size for the backup to disk files g Set the maximum file size h Set the number of backup sets per file i Set the maximum number of concurrent jobs j Set the low disk space thresholds k Complete the wizard l On the 2 Job Setup tab select New Job to Duplicate Backup Sets Select 3 Duplicate Existing Backup Sets Select the backup sets that ar...

Page 13: ...a number label name something to identify that media from all others Date and time of the backup Type of backup What directories files were backed up Perform the following steps to catalog the imported virtual disks From the 1 Devices tab select the backup to disk folder that was imported Select all of the media on the right 2 Right click all of the media and select 3 Catalog Media from the pop up...

Page 14: ...cy to Manual via the Appliance Management Console Install the physical disks of the migrated Disk Group in to 5 the MD1000 Storage Enclosure connected to the target PowerVault DL Appliance Note If the goal is to keep the Disk Configuration State as Standard the migrated Disk Group must occupy Slots 1 7 or Slots 8 14 in the new MD1000 Storage Enclosure The optional hot spare should be installed in ...

Page 15: ...ppliance Management Console Backup Exec will then configure the imported Disk Group s as one or more virtual disks and make them available for use by the PowerVault DL Appliance Summary The need to migrate or copy backup data from one Dell PowerVault DL Appliance to another is handled via straightforward processes and procedures Depending on the appliance configuration this data may reside on disk...

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