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Ready-to-Start-Copy – Start copy and Cancel operations

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Copy-In-Progress state – Cancel and Pause operations

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Paused state – Cancel and Resume operations

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Ready-For-Cutover state – Cancel and Cutover operations

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Cancel-Required – Cancel operation (the agentless import has failed during the copy operation)

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Cleanup-Required state – Clean up operation

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Import-Completed state – No manual operations available

NOTE:

Before starting a Cancel operation after the host application has been shutdown and reconfigured to use the

destination volume in PowerStore, shut down the host application and reconfigure the host application to use the source

volume. Shutdown of and reconfiguring the host application to use the source volume are not required when the host

application has not been shutdown and reconfigured to use the destination volume in PowerStore.

The states of a consistency group import and the manual operations that are allowed for those states are as follows:

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Queued state – Cancel operation

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Scheduled state – Cancel operation

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In-Progress state – Cancel operation

NOTE:

Once the first volume of a CG is picked up for import, the CG state changes to In-Progress. The CG remains in

that state until it reaches Ready-For-Cutover.

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Ready-For-Cutover state – Cancel and Cutover operations

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Cleanup-Required state – Cleanup operation

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Cleanup-In-Progress state – No manual operations available

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Cancel-In-Progress state – No manual operations available

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Cancel-failed – Cancel operation

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Cancel-Required – Cancel operation (the agentless import has failed during the copy operation)

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Cutover-In-Progress state – No manual operations available

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Import-Cutover-Incomplete state – Cancel and Cutover operations

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Import-Completed-With-Errors – No manual operations available

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Import-Completed – No manual operations available

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Failed – Cancel operation

NOTE:

Any I/O failures or network outages can cause import to fail during any of the states. Before starting a Cancel

operation after the host application has been shutdown and reconfigured to use the destination volume in PowerStore, shut

down the host application and reconfigure the host application to use the source volume. Shutdown of and reconfiguring

the host application to use the source volume are not required if the host application has not been shutdown and

reconfigured to use the destination volume in PowerStore.

When a paused import session is resumed, the following occurs:

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For volumes, the import session state changes to Copy-In-Progress. For consistency groups, the state changes to In-

Progress.

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The copy restarts from the last copied range.

NOTE:

Any I/O failures or network outages can cause import to fail during any of the states. If agentless import fails due

to I/O or network failures, the import session goes into Cancel-Required state. Before starting a Cancel operation after

the host application has been shutdown and reconfigured to use the destination volume in PowerStore, shut down the

host application and reconfigure the host application to use the source volume. Shutdown of and reconfiguring the host

application to use the source volume are not required if the host application has not been shutdown and reconfigured to use

the destination volume in PowerStore.

Cutover workflow for agentless import

You can cutover an import when the import session reaches the

Ready For Cutover

state. The following steps show the

manual import workflow in PowerStore Manager:

1.

Select the import session to cutover.

2.

Select the

Cutover

import action to cutover to the PowerStore cluster. The volume or volume group status updates to

Import Complete

upon successful cutover.

Import workflows

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Section	Page
Dell EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide	1
Contents	3
Additional Resources	6
Third-party content containing non-inclusive language	6
Introduction	7
Importing block-based external storage to PowerStore overview	7
Non-disruptive import of external storage to PowerStore overview	7
Overview of the non-disruptive import process	8
Agentless import of external storage to PowerStore overview	9
Overview of the agentless import process	10
Importing file-based external storage to PowerStore overview	11
Overview of the file-based import process	12
PowerStore cluster fibre channel connectivity to source systems	13
Import security	14
Import requirements and restrictions	15
General requirements for importing data	15
Dell EqualLogic PS Series specific requirements	16
Dell Compellent SC Series specific requirements	16
Dell Unity specific requirements	17
Dell EMC VNX2 Series specific requirements	17
Dell EMC XtremIO XI and X2 specific requirements	17
Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX3 specific requirements	17
NetApp AFF and A Series specific requirements	17
General block-based import restrictions	17
CHAP restrictions	19
Source system restrictions	19
General restrictions for hosts	19
Windows-based hosts	20
Linux-based hosts	20
VMware ESXi-based hosts	21
General file-based import restrictions	21
Restrictions and limitations for SMB-only VDM file import	22
Restrictions and limitations for NFS-only VDM file import	23
Importing VNX2 file systems with File Level Retention (FLR) enabled	25
VNX2 port requirements for file-based data import	25
Host plugin installation (block-based non-disruptive import only)	26
Installing the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host	26
Install the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host	27
Upgrade the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host	28
Pre-requisites for an install using the .MSI file	28
Installing the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host	28
Install the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host	29
Upgrade the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host	30
Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host	31
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI	31
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA	32
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM	33
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit during an ESXi-based host upgrade	34
Uninstalling the host plugin for import	34
Import workflows	35
Non-disruptive import workflow	35
Cutover workflow for non-disruptive import	36
Cancel workflow for non-disruptive import	37
Agentless import workflow	37
Cutover workflow for agentless import	39
Cancel workflow for agentless import	40
File-based import workflow	40
Cutover workflow for file-based import	41
Cancel workflow for file-based import	42
Configuring and managing import	43
Configure a non-disruptive import	43
Refresh hosts and volumes in a non-disruptive import	45
Manage non-disruptive import sessions	46
Configure an agentless import	47
Manage agentless import sessions	51
Configure a File Mobility Network for file-based import	52
Configure the connection to a remote system for file-based import	53
Configure file import interface	54
Configure a file-based import	54
Manage file-based import sessions	56
Import-CLI (Linux)	58
Get help	58
Status	59
Host plugin version	59
List supported arrays	60
Server port	60
Log information	61
Microhttpd status	61
Restart the Web server	61
Recover device	62
Additional tasks related to import for Linux-based hosts	63
Regenerate the host HTTPS certificate	63
Setting the Oracle ASM logical block size	63
ImportKit-CLI (Windows)	65
How to run the ImportKit CLI commands	65
List supported arrays	66
Host plugin log information	66
Import kit version	66
Restart import kit host plugin service	67
Import volumes information	67
Get Web server port information	68
Install import kit certificate	69
Re-generate the import kit certificate	69
Set Web server port information	69
Set host plugin logging debug log level	70
Import-CLI (VMware)	72
List log levels	72
List volumes	72
Revert SATP, VAAI, and PSP to default settings	73
equalRule options	73
CLI for EQL MPIO	75
Status	75
Host plugin version	76
Server port information	76
Log information	76
Microhttpd status	77
Restart the Web server	77
Recover device	78
Fault handling by PowerStore import	79
Import processing and fault handling overview	79
Import network overview	80
Import alerts and error codes	80
Failures during non-disruptive import	80
Single fault	80
Source disaster recovery	81
Double fault	81
Exception case	82
Host reboot during a non-disruptive import	82
Failures during agentless import	82
Consistency group handling	83
Configuration changes during import	83

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