Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 12)

Media Migration
12 December 2008
Disk Group(s) from other systems (e.g., another Dell PowerEdge Server with attached storage
enclosures) may be migrated to a PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance.
Perform the following steps to migrate a Disk Group from one system to a targeted PowerVault
DL Backup to Disk Appliance:
1. Determine the Disk Group for migration.
2. Power down the system that owns the Disk Group, including the server and all attached
MD1000 Storage Enclosures.
3. Remove the physical disks for the Disk Group to be migrated .
4. On the target PowerVault DL Backup to Disk appliance, set the Disk Configuration
Policy to Manual via the Appliance Management Console.
5. Install the physical disks of the migrated Disk Group in to the MD1000 Storage Enclosure
connected to the target PowerVault DL Backup to Disk 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 Slot 0.
6. From the target PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance Console, launch Dell’s
OpenManage Server 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. If importing the foreign
configurations fails, issue the Clear command for the migrated Disk Group.
7. Using OMSA, perform a Fast Initialization on each of the imported virtual disks and
then delete any imported virtual disks.
8. On the target PowerVault DL Backup to Disk appliance, reset the Disk Configuration
Policy to one of the Automatic settings via the Appliance 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 Backup to Disk appliance.
MIGRATING AN UNASSOCIATED DISK GROUP