FSA: moving Files to mountpoints
Hi there,
Environment: EV10.0.4CHF3 on Windows Server 2012 + Fileserver (w. FSA-Agent) on Windows Server 2008R2
The LUN of the Fileserver is reaching its max.size of 2TB (MBR, not GPT) and we have to reorganise the Shares -> so we´ve made plans to move the Shares to dedicated LUN´s and present it as mountpoint. So far so good.
As the Shares containing Mixed large files and mixed with Placeholders and Not-Placeholders, I´m unsure how to go on in this case.
Would my plan work:
- add new LUN to Fileserver and add it as Mountpoint
- rename old share - stop fsa-task
- add new Mountpoint to EV (archive-point)
- robocopy files
- fsautil - move ph
- start task
I´m trying to access HOWTO37836, but i got an "not existing" -> is the a "hidden" best practise?
What i´ve to overthink? any concerns about my plans?
Have you looked at the following document?
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/EV%20Whitepaper%20-%20FSA%20Server%20Consolidation%20(March%202013).pdf
Would always want to use fsautility prior to using robocopy as robocopy may corrupt placeholder files.
The easiest method would be to backup/restore the data to the new share if it is going to keep the same name. This way you would not need to migrate any files.
You cannot rename the share before moving as EV will need to have that available to move the PH files from that source.
You can do the following process.
- Add new LUN to file server.
- Create new share on new LUN.
- Target new share as volume target in console - no need to create folder under for archive point.
- Run fsautility -pm from source share to target share. This will move all of the archived PH files and the archive point to the new location.
- Run robocopy to move the unarchived data.
- Run the task against new target. This will update the DB entries to the new path.
