Prohibited source volumes
The following list includes volumes and volume types that cannot be used as source volumes for Volume Migration:
- Volumes configured as command devices
- Journal volumes used by Universal Replicator
- Volumes that are being moved by Command Control Interface
- Volumes and virtual volumes constituting Thin Image pairs
- Pool volumes used by Dynamic Provisioning
- Volumes with reserve attribute of global-active device
- Quorum disk volumes of global-active device
- External volumes of which Data Direct Mapping attribute is enabled
- Deduplication System Data Volume
- Volumes for which the capacity saving status is Deleting Volume, Deleting Volume (nn%), or Failed
Prohibited target volumes
The following list includes volumes and volume types that cannot be used as target volumes for Volume Migration:
- Volumes configured as command devices (devices reserved for use by hosts)
- Volumes assigned to pairs of ShadowImage or remote copy (TrueCopy)
- Volumes (data volumes and journal volumes) used by Universal Replicator
- Volumes with the Read Only or Protect attributes set in the Data Retention Utility, or volumes that are set to unable to use as secondary volume
- Volumes that are being moved by Command Control Interface
- Volumes and virtual volumes constituting Thin Image pairs
- Pool volumes used by Dynamic Provisioning
- Volumes in abnormal state, or volumes in inaccessible state
- Volumes to which LU path is not set or that are not assigned as namespaces for NVMe
- Volumes that constituting global-active device pair, and volumes with reserve attribute of global-active device
- Quorum disk volumes of global-active device
- External volumes of which Data Direct Mapping attribute is enabled
- Deduplication System Data Volume
- Volumes for which the capacity saving status is Deleting Volume, Deleting Volume (nn%), or Failed
Supported and prohibited source and target volumes for individual products
The following table lists the volumes and volume types that can and cannot be considered as candidates for source and/or target volumes for Volume Migration operation. The table is categorized by product.
|
Product |
Volume Type/Status |
Source Volume Candidate? |
Target Volume Candidate? |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dynamic Provisioning |
DP-VOL |
Yes Note that the maximum capacity of DP-VOL which can be used as the source volume is the same size of the maximum capacity of DP-VOL.1 |
Yes, but the target volume may not be associated with the same Dynamic Provisioning pool as the source volume.2 Note that the maximum capacity of DP-VOL which can be used as the target volume is the same size of the maximum capacity of DP-VOL.1 |
|
Pool volume |
No |
No |
|
|
Deduplication System Data Volume |
No |
No |
|
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Capacity Saving function is enabled |
Yes |
Yes |
|
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Capacity Saving Status is Deleting Volume, Deleting Volume(nn%), or Failed |
No |
No |
|
|
TrueCopy |
A volume in PSUS, PSUE, or PAIR status |
Yes |
No |
|
Universal Replicator |
A journal volume |
No |
No |
|
A volume in COPY or PAIR status |
No |
No |
|
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ShadowImage |
SI pair volumes |
Yes |
No |
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A primary volume in an SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:1 or 1:2 |
Yes |
No |
|
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A primary volume in an SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:3 |
No |
No |
|
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A secondary volume in anSI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3 |
Yes |
No |
|
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A primary volume in an L1 cascaded SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:1 or 1:2 |
Yes |
No |
|
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A primary volume in an L1 cascaded SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:3 |
No |
No |
|
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A primary volume in an L2 cascaded SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:1 |
Yes |
No |
|
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A primary volume in an L2 cascaded SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:2 |
No |
No |
|
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A secondary volume in an L1 cascaded SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3 |
Yes |
No |
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A secondary volume in an L2 cascaded SI pair where the primary volume to secondary volume ratio is 1:1 or 1:2 |
No |
No |
|
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A volume in COPY(SP) or PSUS(SP) status |
No |
No |
|
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CCI |
A volume undergoing a Volume Migration operation via CCI |
No |
No |
|
Data Retention Utility |
A volume having the Read Only or Protect attribute turned on |
No |
No |
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A volume disabled to be used as a secondary volume |
No |
No |
|
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Global-active device |
A volume that has the reserve attribute |
No |
No |
|
A quorum disk volume |
No |
No |
|
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A volume in PSUS, PSUE, SSUS, or SSWS status |
Yes |
No |
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