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Migrating data on a secondary with Multi-Target Mirror

About this task

Starting with an existing H1 -> H2 pair, where H1 is the primary and H2 is the secondary, perform these steps to migrate the data on the secondary volume using Multi-Target Mirror.

Procedure

  1. Install a new secondary volume, H2'.
  2. Start Metro Mirror for the new pair, H1 -> H2'.
  3. Wait for H1 -> H2' to reach full duplex. Figure 1 shows the result.
    Figure 1. Congiuration after Adding H2'
  4. Terminate H1 -> H2.
  5. Remove the original secondary volume, H2. Figure 2 shows the result.
    Figure 2. Configuration after Migration
Parent topic: Moving and migrating data with Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy
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