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July 5th, 2016 11:00

SANCopy connections CX4 to VNX2

Hello,

I am trying to connect a CX4 (NS480) to a VNX2 with SANCopy. According to the document "MIGRATING DATA FROM AN EMC CLARIION ARRAY TO A VNX PLATFORM USING SANCOPY A how-to guide featuring best practices",  as long as I don't use the Mirrorview port, this should work. I have used this CX4 years ago as the target but now it is the source. Do I need to do something else to get this to work?

The zoning shows below.

Fabric1

CX4 SPA4 ---> VNX2 SPA2

CX4 SPB4 ---> VNX2 SPB1

Fabric2

CX4 SPA5 ---> VNX2 SPA1

CX4 SPB5 ---> VNX2 SPB2

9 Legend

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July 5th, 2016 13:00

silly question, zones have been activated right

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309 Posts

July 5th, 2016 12:00

Both enablers are active. The initiator records do not show up on either array.

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July 5th, 2016 12:00

i also cross zone, ie

Fabric1

CX4 SPA4 ---> VNX2 SPA2

CX4 SPB4 ---> VNX2 SPB1

CX4 SPA4 ---> VNX2 SPB1

CX4 SPB4 ---> VNX2 SPA2

other that the zoning , not much else to do but to make sure CX4 ports login to VNX2 (i am assuming you have SANCopy enabler installed on CX4).  Register CX4 initiators as SANCopy ports (sometimes i have to register source array as if it were just another host).

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309 Posts

July 5th, 2016 13:00

Tried that on both the CX4 and VNX2.

Don't remember what disk array but there was a time when I had to manually register the initiator records. In this case, they don't show up at all, on either array.

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July 5th, 2016 13:00

smart zoning is great, you can set both storage arrays as "both" or set CX4 as init and VNX2 as target.

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309 Posts

July 5th, 2016 13:00

Good grief, I found the problem.

I had smart-zoning mistakenly turned on. The fabric wasn't letting the two arrays chat because they are both "Storage" type of members.

Disabled smart-zoning and now the records show up on both arrays and even auto-registered.

Thanks.

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July 5th, 2016 13:00

on CX4 there should be an option "update SANCopy connections" ..or something like that ?

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