Christian, Looks like I have a couple of Linux LPARs that I'm going to have to move to the new storage too. (I was hoping to be able to retire them, but no such luck.) The trick with the EDEV isn't going to work for them (LUNs are too big).
What would be a good tool to use in Linux to do physical copies of LUNs? My colleagues usually only deal with copying filesystems, like rsync, which would not do the trick for me. Martha Martha McConaghy Marist: System Architect/Technical Lead SHARE Association: Secretary Marist College IT Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 ________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> on behalf of Christian Borntraeger <borntrae...@linux.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:56 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM Am 05.04.22 um 23:19 schrieb Martha McConaghy: > I have a few RHEL servers that run on z/VM but boot off of a direct attached > SAN LUN (not an EDEV or ECKD). They reside on an old DS8870 and I need to > move them to a new DS8910. (No PPRC, GDPS, etc.) Is there a way that I > could use VM to copy these LUNs to the new storage? I was looking at DDR, > but wasn't sure if the FB-512 type would work for these. They aren't CMS > format disks, obviously, so that isn't an option. I'm trying to avoid having > to attach them to a Linux server to do the work, but will if that is the only > option. Since these are boot volumes, I have to copy the boot partition and > boot record, not just the filesystems. So, a physical copy would be the best. I think your last resort (using a Linux server) is actually not a bad idea as direct attached FCP is usually faster than EDEV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
