5. Transfer the physical tapes to the remote site
6. Import data from the tapes onto the remote LAN/WAN replication target
Once the tape initialization process is complete, the automatic migration of deduplicated data from
the source site to the target site over the LAN/WAN begins. See
“Exporting Data to Physical tapes for Tape Initialization” on page 113 and
“Importing Data from Physical Tapes for Tape Initialization” on page 114 for the specific procedures.
Connecting a Destination Library
Automigration requires one or more dedicated destination libraries to be connected to the VLS device.
Supported Destination Library Configurations
Automigration is supported on:
• HP MSL series tape libraries
• HP EML series tape libraries or library partitions
• HP ESL E-series tape libraries or library partitions
• HP VLS virtual libraries
Using automigration, you can share a single destination library across multiple virtual libraries
(maximum of 20 drives on the physical libraries), or configure multiple destination libraries to be used
in a single virtual library.
CAUTION:
Automigration only supports destination libraries that have homogeneous drive types; for example,
all drives are LTO-2. A mixture of drive types in the destination library, such as LTO-3 and LTO-2, is
not supported.
NOTE:
Automigration allows you to use a VLS as a destination library. Because of this feature, it can also
be used as a device-to-device local replication scheme.
Connecting a Destination Library to a VLS9000
To connect the destination library to the VLS9000:
1. Connect your destination library to the VLS by connecting the library to the Fibre Channel switches
in the VLS9000 connectivity kit.
2. Reboot the VLS. Upon reboot, the device detects the newly connected destination library.
Managing and Unmanaging a Destination Library
To manage a library is to enable automigration by connecting the source library to a destination
library that is already on the VLS. Until you manage the destination library, it cannot communicate
with the source. The process for managing destination libraries is different for SAN libraries than for
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