File_System_Migration

Site Preparation
Installing migration tools
Establishing a
Control Station
interface
This section tells where the premigration planning tools are located,
and how to install scripts and executables needed to perform an NFS
or CIFS data migration.
You need to establish a secure, encrypted, remote login application
interface to the Control Station so you can run utilities and
commands from that unit.
Procedure Premigration tools you use to migrate data from a source file server
to a VNX are located in the Control Station /nas/tools/cdms
directory. To install these tools, perform the following:
1. Download a Perl script to the UNIX workstation or Windows
client from this URL:
http://perl.org/CPAN/ports/index.html
If performing a CIFS migration, download Perl script version 5.6
for the Windows client. If performing an NFS migration, the only
requirement is that the Perl script be 64-bit compatible.
2. Install the Perl script on the UNIX workstation and/or Windows
client.
3. Copy the appropriate tools from the CD to the UNIX workstation
and/or Windows client.
All EMC utilities and scripts that are used to automate
premigration tasks should be placed in the same directory on the
UNIX workstation or Windows client.
Standard VNX tools, present on the Control Station, are run from
that location. Table 4 on page 50 supplies the tool installation
locations.
Table 4 Tool locations (page 1 of 2)
Tool Migration application Installation location
backupWrapper.exe Utility CIFS From CD to Windows client
ch_group.pl Script NFS From CD to UNIX workstation
connBuilder.pl Script CIFS From CD to Windows client
50 VNX File System Migration Version 2.0 for NFS and CIFS User Guide 7.1