Migrate a Virtual Disk

Virtual disks can be migrated from one RAID level to another RAID level. However, certain restrictions apply to these level migrations. You will need at least one disk to be a member disk. Not all RAID level migrations are supported by all hardware and software products.

Warning: The migration process cannot be stopped once started.

 
From:
To:
JBOD
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 1E
RAID 10
RAID 5
RAID 50
JBOD

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

RAID 0

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 1

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 1E

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 10

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 5

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

RAID 50

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

To migrate a virtual disk

  1. Start the MRU.

  2. Click the Virtual Disks tab, and then click the icon for the desired virtual disk.

  3. The Virtual Disk Details window appears.

    Virtual Disk Details

  4. Click Migrate.

  5. The Migrate window appears.

  6. Migrate window

  7. Select the RAID level from the drop-down menu near the top of the window.

  8. Select the disks for migration and the member disks.

  9. Click Submit.

  10. The Virtual Disk Details window opens and the Event Log pane displays your migrating status.

Note: Clicking Submit starts the migrate process immediately. However, you can choose to automatically run this activity at a later time and date through Schedule an Activity.