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Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes

You can nondisruptively move a FlexVol volume to a different aggregate or a different node for capacity utilization and improved performance by using Storage Manager.

Before you begin

If you are moving a data protection (DP) volume, the data protection mirror relationships must be initialized before you move the volume.

About this task

You cannot move SnapLock volumes between aggregates and nodes.

  1. Click Storage > Volumes.
  2. From the drop-down menu in the SVM field, select All SVMs.
  3. Select the volume that you want to move.
  4. Click More Actions > Move.
  5. In the Move Volume dialog box, select the destination aggregate or node for the volume, and then change the tiering policy.

    Note

    • You cannot change the tiering policy of a root volume.

    • You cannot move the root volume to FabricPool.

    • For read/write volumes, you can set the tiering policy as back up during the volume move.

      The tiering policy changes to snapshot-only after the move.

    • Capacity tier values that are displayed in the Used After Move in both the source aggregate and destination aggregate are estimated values.

      For the exact values, you must navigate to the Aggregate window and view the details of a specific aggregate.

  6. Click Move .
  • Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
    For a volume move operation, you can use Storage Manager to manually trigger the cutover when the volume enters the cutover deferred phase. You can set the duration of the cutover and the cutover action to be performed by the system if the operation fails within that duration.