Replacing a Slicestor® Device

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Before you begin

CAUTION:
This procedure assumes that a new Slicestor® Device is properly installed and configured to serve as the destination Slicestor® Device.
Note: During device replacement, evacuation will only take place when there is data in the vault.

Procedure

  1. Click the Configure tab.
  2. Click Storage Pools in the left navigation panel.
  3. Select a storage pool view the Storage Pool: {storage-pool-name} page.
  4. In the Slicestor Devices section, click Change Sets and Devices.
  5. In the Replace Individual Device section, click Configure Device Replacement.
  6. From the list that is provided, select a source device.
  7. Click Next.
  8. If wanted, the network throughput that is allocated for data evacuation can be set:
    1. Check the Data Evacuation Rate Limit check box.
    2. Enter a throughput limit in MBps.
      The limit can be changed later from the top-level Configure page.
  9. On the right side, select the destination device.
  10. Click Confirm Replacement.
    A pop-up asking for confirmation appears.
  11. Click OK.
    The data replacement and evacuation starts. Evacuation progress can be tracked on the Monitor page of the destination device.
    Note:

    All data evacuation events are visible only on the Source Slicestor® device.

    The graphs that are found on the Monitor page for the Source Slicestor device are as follows.

    Scanning Rate
    Shows Graph Data Not Available instead of any rate data.
    Outgoing Rebuild
    Shows no Rebuild Bytes Sent.
    Incoming Rebuild
    Shows Rebuild Slices Received.