Data Migration
Hello,
In our environment we are consolidating storage into fewer arrays replacing the older ones. As usual, we are adding a mirror to the existing file system using new array luns and removing th...
If you are using vxfs, then yes, shrinking filesystem should not be an issue & yes the approach is good for a faster plan however I see one issue here, are you strict towards the layout of volumes you are using ?
for e.g lets say your volume is mirrored vol ... now you have shrink it by 50% & then added new plex to it from new Luns, & lets say this new plex has to be mirrored again .. I am wondering about the contigous space allocation ... it shoudn't happen that you have used the contigous space & finally when you have to grow the filesystem , you land up in some restrictions to change the volume layout ..
Hope I am clear ..
G
