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IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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Figure 3-2 provides an example of the volume selection.Figure 3-2 Target volume selectionTo create a volume copy with the XCLI, the source <strong>and</strong> target volumes must be specified inthe comm<strong>and</strong>. In addition, the -y parameter must be specified to provide an affirmativeresponse to the validation questions. See Example 3-1.Example 3-1 Performing a volume copyxcli -c MZ_PFE_1 -y vol_copy vol_src=xiv_vmware_1 vol_trg=xiv_vmware_23.3 Creating an OS image with volume copyThis section describes another usage of the volume copy feature. In certain cases, you mightwant to install another operating system (OS) image. By using volume copy, the installationcan be done immediately. Usage of VMware simplified the need for SAN boot. However, thisexample can be applied to any OS installation in which the hardware configuration is similar.VMware allows the resources of a server to be separated into logical virtual systems, eachcontaining its own OS <strong>and</strong> resources. When creating the configuration, it is extremelyimportant to have the hard disk assigned to the virtual machine to be a mapped raw LUN. Ifthe hard disk is a VMware File <strong>System</strong> (VMFS), the volume copy fails because there areduplicate file systems in VMware. In Figure 3-3, the mapped raw LUN is the <strong>XIV</strong> volume thatwas mapped to the VMware server.Figure 3-3 Configuration of the virtual machine in VMware68 <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>XIV</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>System</strong>: <strong>Copy</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Migration</strong>

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