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Migrate DPM Disk / Data Source (GUI)

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 Howdy Protectors,

For the GUI lovers we have something really cool here…

Migrate DPM Disk / Data Source (GUI)

Below are some screenshots of how it works:

I have SQL auto protect and co-location enabled, so I have a single replica and RP volume on Disk 1.

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Now I want to migrate that setup to be across Disk 2 and Disk 3 so I launch the MigrateDPMData.ps1. Here you enter C to migrate an entire disk or O to migrate a data source. I entered O for one data source.

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And you get a separate popup screen listing the protection groups. I only have one to select from.

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Once selected – it will list all the data sources in that PG to choose from.

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Since my DBs are all co-located, migrating one DB will automatically migrate all – that is the way MigrateDataSourceDataFromDPM.ps1 works under the covers.

The next screen allows me to select one or more disks to migrate to. Here I selected Disk 2 and Disk 3 by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting.

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Below shows the migration was successful and the two new volumes were created on the specified disk, one for the replica on Disk 2 and one for the recovery point on Disk 3.

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Note the post-recovery jobs running that copy the replica data from the original replica to the new replica.

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Pretty Awesome!!

Big Thanks to Michael Jacquet for sharing the screenshots…

Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 15, 2014
    Hi, there is a new Version with new Feature: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Migrate-DPM-Disk-or-dea8d4e9
  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2015
    Thanks for this, I have 10's of TB of DPM data to move from one storage array to another
  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2016
    Great tool!!! Just used it to move data to a larger storage array with ease. I remember doing something similar a couple years ago and it was not very straightforward.