Ah well, so much for that then. We would have to stick with SPARC, since
the entire adv_file setup is also VxVM/VxFS (3.5 btw, so CDS is NOT
available, and going to 4.x is not an option for various reasons).
So in our case, moving the 60 TB of adv_file (intact!) is the hard part.
I'll probably just recommend a V445 or T2000 instead (I personally prefer
the former, since I still like having multiple, physical CPUs - ability to
still drop in a Diff-scsi card is a plus too). Then I can just
export/import normally, and walk away relatively painlessly.
*goes off to have a word with co-worker who gave me this idea* :p
--TSK
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:15:37 +0000, A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 05:50:30AM -0400, T S Kimball wrote:
>> --> We have /nsr on a Veritas VxVM / VxFS controlled filesystem, which
>> in theory should be stored as endian-neutral (due to how VxFS works).
>
>VxFS is not endian-netral. For a given platform it has a native
>representation, but it can be switched if the filesystem is moved to a
>different system. See 'fscdsconv'.
>
>However, that is usually a minor point. Moving the data physically from
>one system to another is usually the easy part.
>
>> If we can export/import the appropriate disk group to the new server,
>> would this assist in the migration without needing the asm copy
>> hassles described on the list?
>
>I haven't been following closely, but if the asm copy is to convert the
>logical networker data instead of just being a transport method, then
>no.
>
>--
>Darren Dunham ddunham AT taos DOT com
>Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
>Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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