Symantec DL 2100 User Manual
MEDIA
MIGRATION
DELL POWERVAULT DL 2100
POWERED BY SYMANTEC
Media Migration
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During the operation of the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2100 Backup to Disk Appliance Powered by
Symantec Backup Exec™, it may become necessary to migrate or copy backup data from one
appliance to another. Depending on the appliance configuration, this data may reside on disk,
tape, or both. This guide provides instructions for migrating the data from one appliance to another for the following items:
• Disk Group(s)
• Tape Media
• Tape Library/Libraries
• Data Set(s)
• Disk Group(s) not associated with a PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance
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MIGRATING AN ENTIRE DISK GROUP
An entire Disk Group (the physical drives making up the virtual disks on the PowerVault DL
Backup to Disk Appliance) must be migrated together from one PowerVault DL Backup to Disk
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:
1. Determine the Disk Group for migration.
Note: Although Disk Groups in a standard configuration state (as defined in the Dell
PowerVault™ DL Backup to Disk Appliance Powered by Symantec Backup Exec Quick Start
Guide) are typically contained in Slots 1-7 or Slots 8-14 on each PowerVault MD1000
Storage Enclosure, there are cases where the slot locations may be different or have
changed. Using the following procedure ensures the correct drives are migrated in all cases.
a. From Symantec’s Backup Exec Management Console, select the Devices tab
and then determine the “Hardware name” of the resource of the Storage Array to
be migrated.
In the example found in Figure 1, “VIRTDISK 8” in “ARRAY 1” is going to be
migrated, and its associated hardware name is “VDS_CREATED_001”.
Figure 1: Example selection of a storage resource to be migrated
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b. From the DL Backup to Disk Appliance Console, 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.
Figure 2: OMSA view of storage resource to be migrated
c. Determine and make note of which physical disks 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.
Figure 3: Selection of the Blink task in OMSA
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