Drobo 8D User Guide 19
1.2.1 Migrating a Disk Pack from Another Drobo
Device
The Drobo 8D supports migrating entire disk packs from another Drobo device to the Drobo 8D,
preserving all the data and volumes you had created. You can also migrate disk packs from one
Drobo 8D to another.
Migration Paths Supported are as shown below:
● From Drobo 5D3 to Drobo 8D is supported
● From Drobo 5D/5Dt to Drobo 8D is supported
● From Drobo 5C to Drobo 8D is supported
● From Drobo Gen3 to Drobo 8D is supported
● From Drobo S to Drobo 8D is supported
Migration Paths Not Supported are as shown below:
● USB and Thunderbolt products cannot be migrated to NAS products or vice versa.
● Migration to Drobo 8D is not supported from Drobo Pro, Drobo Gen1 or Drobo Gen2 devices.
When to use Copy Data?
You can copy the data from Drobo 8D device to another Drobo, if data migration is not supported
between your devices (see above for list of supported devices).
Note:
For information on migration of disk pack see Migrating Your Disk between Drobo Products
Warning:
A disk pack functions as a unit. When you migrate a disk pack, you move ALL the drives
from one Drobo device to another. Only after migration of the disk pack is complete can you
add additional drives to the new Drobo device, one at a time, if desired.
Migration of data to Drobo 8D is a one-way operation. Once you have moved the data to
Drobo 8D, you will not be able to use it on the source Drobo device you are migrating from.
Do not migrate drives when either of the Drobo device is powered on. This can result in
data loss.
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