The new server has its own controller. I was thinking that the config info was actually stored in the PowerVault, and could be loaded from it on to the new controller. I can't recall why I thought that--some past experience I had. It's hazy now.
I can rebuild and restore if I have to. But unless there's some advantage to doing that, I'd rather not--it would save time and headache. -----Original Message----- From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Moving a PowerVault If you are moving the controller card along with it then you don't have any worries, it contains all the drive configuration. If you're just moving the array then I don't really know. Someone else could probably answer if a similar controller would detect the drive array. I assume it's a Perc card of some sort. I would probably rebuild and restore anyway. I'm getting ready to do this myself but I'm going to move the Perc card with the array. If the Powervault is only half full of drives you could split the backplane on the array and put new drives in and connect them to your new server and then just move your files over to the other server and then decommission or reuse the old drives. -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Moving a PowerVault I've got a PowerVault SCSI RAID storage system attached to a server that's being decommissioned. I want to move it over to a new replacement server. I have no experience doing this, and want to make sure I don't screw up the RAID configuration and data on it. Any pointers on how to do this? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~