Dell PowerMax and VMAX: Non-Disruptive and Minimally Disruptive Migration Best Practices and Operational Guide

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  Overview
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  Audience
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  Feature updates and code levels
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  Revisions
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  We value your feedback

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  NDM overview
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  Metro-based NDM overview
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  NDM Update overview

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  Pass-through NDM guide plan and environment review
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  Pass-through NDM walkthrough guide (source running 5876 code)

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  Introduction
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  Metro-based NDM guide plan and environment overview
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  Metro-based NDM walkthrough guide (source running 5977 or 5978 code)

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  Introduction
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  NDM Update guide plan and environment overview
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  NDM Update walkthrough guide (source running 5977 or 5978 code)

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  Online Minimally Disruptive Migration (O-MDM)
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  Overview
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  Migration flow and states
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  Create phase changes
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  Cutover and commit phase changes
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  Canceling a migration
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  Recovery from Failed State
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  Additional query and list output changes
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  Limitations and restrictions

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  Introduction
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  Selecting a port group during an NDM create
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  Migrate a child-only SG
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  Migrate a subset of devices in an SG
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  Consolidate a single application on two arrays into a single target
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  When creating an NDM session set devices RDF capable
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  Add DR to target SG before synchronization
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  Create bot LUNs on the target array the same as the source array

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  Migrate storage groups with shared volumes
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  Create port group as part of the NDM or NDM Update create command

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  Introduction
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  AIX Native Multipathing software
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  Linux multipathing software with LUNZ
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  PowerPath (version 5.7 and later)
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  PowerPath with Solaris
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  Windows Server 2012 with MPIO
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  Veritas Dynamic Multipathing
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  Veritas cluster behavior with NDM
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  ESXi with Native Multipathing
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  Solaris 10 SPARC with Solaris cluster 3_3u2 using Pass-Through NDM, Missing Reservations

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  Appendix B: AIX, GPFS, and PowerPath with NDM

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  Appendix C: Consistent LUN

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  Appendix D: Device geometry behavior post NDM

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  Appendix E: VMware—VM Clone or Storage vMotion with NDM

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  Appendix F: NDM with ESXi virtualized cluster environment

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  Appendix G: NDM Update with Solaris cluster

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  Appendix H: Technical support and resources