Introduction; Features Overview - Qlogic Data Migration Service User Manual

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Introduction

Data Migration Service (DMS) is a new block level, offline data migration service
introduced in the HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router (MPX200) data
transport device. The HP StorageWorks mpx Manager software is designed to
simplify data migration jobs for minimum downtime, while providing protection
against common user errors.
This chapter provides a high-level
the following features:
"Job Scheduling" on page 1-3
"Data Migration Job Groups" on page 1-4
"Array Properties" on page 1-4
"Protection" on page 1-6
"Data Migration Jobs" on page 1-6
"Logs" on page 1-8
"Users" on page 1-8

Features Overview

The Data Migration Service technology deployed on the MPX200 with the HP
StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router software has following features:
Fibre Channel SAN vendor independent: The MPX200 supports
Brocade
StorageWorks mpx Manager allows data migration across multi-vendor
fabrics.
Heterogeneous array support: HP StorageWorks mpx Manager supports
data migration across heterogeneous arrays (arrays manufactured by
different vendors). For a list of the storage array types for which DMS
currently provides support, see
Ease of use: HP StorageWorks mpx Manager is designed to be extremely
simple to use. The graphical user interface (GUI) and command line
interface (CLI) provide many wizard-based operations and user-level
protection.
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Overview, and also details of each of
"Supported Storage Arrays" on page 2-4.
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