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Best Practice for Migrating Data in HTSM Step-By-Step This manual contains suggested steps to take when migrating data from another vendor using Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager (HTSM)

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Best Practice For Migrating Data in TSM - HDS - Hitachi Data Systems

Best Practice for Migrating Data in HTSM Step-By-Step This manual contains suggested steps to take when migrating data from another vendor using Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager (HTSM)

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Best Practice for Migrating Data in HTSM

Step-By-Step
This manual contains suggested steps to take when migrating data from another vendor using Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager (HTSM) 12/12/2011

Contents

Create a New Data Tier Create the Migration Group Create the Task Release and Monitor the Task

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Creating a New Data Tier

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To create the new Tier, complete the following steps: 1. 2. 3.

Create a New Target Tier

Log into HiCommand Suite Click on Resources, then on Tiers and finally All Tiers Under Storage Systems, choose the subsystem you will be working with and then click the Create Tier button

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In the Create Tier applet, verify that the correct storage system is selected Beside Name: enter a descriptive name for this tier of storage Special Note: Keep in mind that the Tier you are creating here is the target devices you will push data to, so an example name might be EPM12345_Target

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Click Add Volumes and then in the Volumes window select the volumes youd like to write to (the targets) for this migration, then click the Add button Special Note: Hold the CTRL key down to select multiple volumes

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Click the OK button to accept the volumes listed and go back to the main Create Tier window Click OK to complete the creation of the new Tier

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Creating a Migration Group

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To create the Group, complete the following steps: 1. Click on Actions then select Migrate Volumes

Create the Migration Group

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Under Storage Domains choose the subsystem you will be using for this data move

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Click the Migration Groups tab and then click Create MG In the Create MG applet, beside Name: enter a descriptive name for this migration group Special Note: Keep in mind that the MG you are creating here is the source devices you will pull data from, so an example name might be EPM12345_Source Next, click the Add Volumes button

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In the Add Volumes window, verify that Show entries matching is set to All Under Attribute: select a condition that may help you narrow down the listing of available volumes, for example you may search by a Label or even by an LDEV range Click the Search button, then select the volumes you want to include in this migration and lastly make certain the box beside Allow moving volumes from other Migration Groups is checked

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Click OK and then OK again to create this Migration Group

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Creating the Task

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To create the task, complete the following steps: 1.

Create the HTSM Migration Task

Under the Migration Groups tab, click the Migrate Migration Group icon

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

In the Migrate MG screen select the Source Migration Group (this is the group created earlier in this document under Create the Migration Group) Next highlight the Storage Tier (also created earlier in this document under Create Tier) Click Check Compatibility Verify you have the sufficient number of Unallocated Volumes under Configuration Also under Migration Pairs: verify the volumes in the Source and Target columns Enter your email or a distribution email address to be notified of the status of the migration under Notification Email: Place a check beside Discard zero data after migration, but leave all other fields unchecked

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Click OK (which will create the Migration Task)

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Releasing and Executing the Task

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To execute and monitor the progress of the task, complete the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Execute and Monitor the Task

If not already done, close off all sub windows back to the main HiCommand Suite page Click the Tasks tab and then under Summary, click on HTSM Tasks Within Search under Creation Date, change the From field to todays date and the To field to tomorrows date and then click the Search button Place a check beside the HTSM task just created, and then click the Execute Tasks button Click Close to close the informational window To periodically check the status of the migration, click on the Task ID and then the Refresh button to retrieve the very latest details of the task

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