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Moving and copying volumes

You can move or copy volumes for capacity utilization, improved performance, and to satisfy service-level agreements.

  • How moving a FlexVol volume works
    Knowing how moving a FlexVol volume works helps you to determine whether the volume move satisfies service-level agreements and to understand where a volume move is in the volume move process.
  • Considerations and recommendations when moving volumes
    Moving a volume has many considerations and recommendations that are influenced by the volume you are moving or by the system configuration, such as a MetroCluster configuration. You should understand the considerations and recommendations associated with moving volumes.
  • Requirement for moving volumes in SAN environments
    Before you move a volume that contains LUNs or namespaces, you must meet certain requirements.
  • Moving a volume
    You can move a FlexVol volume to a different aggregate, node, or both within the same storage virtual machine (SVM) to balance storage capacity after determining that there is a storage capacity imbalance.
  • Commands for moving volumes
    There are specific ONTAP commands for managing volume movement.
  • Methods for copying a volume
    Copying a volume creates a stand-alone copy of a volume that you can use for testing and other purposes. The method you use to copy a volume depends on the use case.