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CDMS Overview<br />

CIFS specific Table 3 on page 30 provides requirement details for hardware,<br />

software, network, and storage items.<br />

Item Requirements<br />

Table 3 CIFS system requirements<br />

Hardware A minimum of one Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 system must be available to<br />

the data migration specialist to act as a client.<br />

Software Perl script version 5.6 or 5.8 must be installed at the Windows client. In addition, the Win32 API<br />

extensions must also be installed on the Windows client.<br />

“Adding Win32 API to Perl script (CIFS)” on page 63 provides more information on the installation.<br />

Perl script version 5.6 and the Win32 API for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0<br />

might be obtained from the ActiveState website URL: http://activestate.com/<br />

Version 5.6 or later of the software must be installed (latest revisions are encouraged) on the VNX.<br />

The VNX 1.0 Release Notes provide version-specific information.<br />

Microsoft’s Word and Excel 2000 or later are used with the EMC scripts and utilities. Therefore, they must<br />

be installed on the Windows client where the premigration scripts are run.<br />

Usermapper must be configured for all domain users and groups assigned on the source file servers.<br />

Network All servers involved in the migration should be part of a campus network environment. <strong>Migration</strong>s using<br />

WANs are not supported.<br />

A network analysis is highly recommended before any migration effort begins. The viability of the network<br />

to support the migration must be evaluated. A thorough understanding of the network is vital to a<br />

successful CDMS migration effort.<br />

All network connections to the VNX must be configured for a minimum of 100 Mb/s.<br />

Full-duplex operation support is highly recommended between the source file server and the Data Mover.<br />

Storage Allocating adequate VNX storage is key to an effective VNX migration.<br />

Because the block size on the VNX is 8 KB, migration of very small files (1 KB or less) can cause an<br />

eight-fold increase in the amount of storage required to complete the migration. Therefore, ensure to run<br />

the diskUsage.pl script before the migration begins to determine your needs.<br />

“diskUsage.pl script” on page 283 provides more information about this tool.<br />

30 VNX <strong>File</strong> <strong>System</strong> <strong>Migration</strong> Version 2.0 for NFS and CIFS User Guide 7.1

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