3 Posts
0
2634
February 19th, 2020 06:00
VNX5400 CIFS migrate to Windows File Server
Hi all,
I am a storage admin on a multinational company, recently my company decides to migrate all the cifs shares with all security and share permissions from VNX5400 to Virtual Windows Server using LUN's from storage in order to decommission the filler and using Windows to run the file server role.
My first question is which is the best and fastest way to do that?
And the second question is , if there is a way to bypass the security permissions of each one folder and copy the files to the new server without problems.
The solution is the emcopy (cifs emc tools) and robocopy?
Thank you in advance
No Events found!
Rainer_EMC
4 Operator
•
8.6K Posts
0
February 20th, 2020 06:00
SAN copy is only for block migrations
you cannot use it here since VNX and Windows have different file systems.
Even if you were to able to migrate the LUN containing the VNX NAS file system to a Window system it wouldnt be able to understand it
So you need to use regular file based copy tools and work over CIFS
There are lots of tools like robocopy, emcopy, Dobimigrate, SecureCopy, ....
DELL-Sam L
Moderator
•
7.6K Posts
0
February 19th, 2020 13:00
Hello beatoven21,
Here is a link to a guide that can help with doing VNX migration. https://dell.to/2P9vSTb
You will need to use EMC san copy to do so.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
beatoven21
3 Posts
0
February 20th, 2020 01:00
DELL-Sam L
Thank you very much for your reply.
But i have a question about this, how can i use san copy to migrate the vdm's to windows server?
And i am asking this because the guide describes a procedure to migrate between emc products only.
ex unity or vnx next generations.
Rainer_EMC
4 Operator
•
8.6K Posts
0
February 20th, 2020 06:00
You do need to use an account for migration that is in the Administrators group of both src and dst
Yes even then you can get trouble accessing file where you are explicitly denied.
Some software can use backup operator privilege to work around this
Otherwise you need to adjust the src security which may require taking ownership
You can also ask Dell for a professional services engagement
beatoven21
3 Posts
0
February 21st, 2020 01:00
Thank you for your reply it seems that dobimigrate will make the cut.
Do you have any experience of this software for a similar case?
Thank you