[Info-vax] Migrating OpenVMS to a Fiber Channel storage device.

[Bart Zorn]

On Saturday, December 21, 2013 6:33:15 AM UTC+1, Jerome Ibanes wrote:
> Our ES47 currently has two fiber channel cards, as such:
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> P00>>>show dev
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> dkc0.0.0.1.2               DKC0              COMPAQ BF14689BC5  HPB1
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> dkc100.1.0.1.2             DKC100            COMPAQ BF14689BC5  HPB1
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> dqa0.0.0.2.2               DQA0                     DW-224E- A  A.SD
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> ega0.0.0.3.1               EGA0              00-10-18-10-00-F6
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> egb0.0.0.4.1               EGB0              00-10-18-10-00-78
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> pga0.0.0.1.0               PGA0        WWN 1000-0000-c945-3594
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> pgb0.0.0.1.1               PGB0        WWN 1000-0000-c945-350e
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> pka0.7.0.2.1               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7
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> pkb0.7.0.102.1             PKB0                  SCSI Bus ID 7
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> pkc0.7.0.1.2               PKC0                  SCSI Bus ID 7
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> The system runs OpenVMS 8.4 from dkc0 (HP 146GB at 15k drive), my goal would
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> be to "copy" the contents of this block device to a lun of an equal size
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> on the (netapp) SAN.
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> Would there be an easier alternative to boot from a SAN (I imagine 
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> installing OpenVMS directly to a SAN isn't an option but please correct 
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> me if I'm wrong).
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> Cheers,
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> Jerome

No problem! Use BACKUP/IMAGE to copy the disk contents to a SAN device. It does not have to be the same size, as long as it is at least as big as the "old" disk.

Next you have to use wwidmgr on the console to configure the new boot device. It does have a somewhat steep learning curve, but on the other hand there are not too many commands and options. Read the manual first!

HTH,

Bart