Migrating from emc symmetrix to 3par

[Fra]

Hi,

I will migrate a microsoft sql server 2008 cluster (on windows 2008 r2 server) from a emc symmetrix to a 3par
I have read in previous posts that this can be done using emc open migrator and with little downtime, only for restarting the servers.
Am I right?

Thank you for your help

[Richard Siemers]

You will need to check on EMC powerlink website for the latest version of open migrator to see if it supports Windows 2008 clusters. It's been over 3 years since I have used these products, so I can't speak to current versions.

When we needed to migrate very large Windows 2003 clusters with minimal downtime, this was the best stuff I could find because it was temporary. You use it, migrate, uninstall it. Alternatively, Veritas volume manager (Symantec storage foundations) will do a good job too, but its a permanent install... once you use dynamic disks in your cluster, you will always need this product.