Administrator Guide

Automatically Live Migrate a Volume Based on a Recommendation
Use the Recommend Storage Center dialog box to automatically create a live migration based on a recommendation.
About this task
NOTE: The option to create a Live Migration appears only for Storage Centers running version 7.1 or later.
Steps
1 In the Recommend Storage Center dialog box, click Live Migrate the volume to the recommended Storage Center. The Create
Live Migration dialog box opens.
2 (Optional) Modify Live Migration default settings.
• In the Replication Attributes area, congure options that determine how replication behaves.
• In the Destination Volume Attributes area, congure storage options for the destination volume and map the destination volume
to a server.
• In the Live Migration Attributes area, enable or disable automatic role swap. When automatic role swap is enabled, Live Migrate
swaps the roles immediately after the volume is synced. When it is disabled, you may swap the roles manually any time after the
volume is synced.
3 Click Create.
Live Migration begins to migrate the volume to the destination Storage Center.
Manually Move a Volume Based on a Recommendation
If a threshold alert recommends moving volumes to a dierent Storage Center but does not recommend moving a specic volume, decide
which volumes to move and manually create Live Volumes to move them.
About this task
NOTE
: This method is the only way to move a volume for Storage Centers running version 7.0 or earlier. For other Storage
Centers running version 7.1 or later, create a Live Migration to move the volume. For more information on creating a Live
Migration, see Create a Live Migration for a Single Volume.
Steps
1 Examine the volumes hosted by the current Storage Center and decide which volume(s) to move to the recommended Storage
Center.
2 Convert each volume that you want to move to a Live Volume.
• Use the recommended Storage Center as the destination.
• Map the destination volume to the server that is currently mapped to the volume.
3 After the Live Volume is synchronized, swap roles to make the recommended Storage Center the primary for the Live Volume.
a Click the Replications & Live Volumes view, then click the Live Volumes tab.
b Find the Live Volume Wait until the Live Volume is synchronized, then select the Live Volume and click Swap Primary Storage
Center
of Live Volume. A conrmation dialog box appears.
c Click OK to conrm the swap.
4 If you decide that you want to make the recommended Storage Center the permanent host for the volume, delete the Live Volume
and recycle the secondary volume (original volume).
a Select the Live Volume and click Delete. The Delete Objects dialog box appears.
b Clear the Convert to Replication check box.
c Select the Recycle Secondary Volume check box.
d Click OK.
Storage Center Threshold Alerts
615