Data and Application Migration

Depending on what software is installed and configured to run at boot in the disk image, you have a number of remote access options for the servers in your farm. Typical options for servers include Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH), file transfer protocol (FTP), and so on. You can use these mechanisms to load data and software remotely. Alternatively, you can load from tapes or DVD-ROMs.

Also, if you have other active farms in the same account from which you would like to migrate data and access information, the snapshot mechanism is an effective way to move software and data from farm to farm.

Following are three example migration methods:

• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

  Identify the physical server deployed in the farm. Use the command /opt/terraspring/sbin/lr -lv farm_ID to list details of the resources associated with the farm. Load the CD or DVD and migrate the application or data.

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  To find the farm ID, issue the /opt/terraspring/sbin/fam —l command.

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• Tape Transport

  Identify the physical server deployed in the farm using the command /opt/terraspring/sbin/lr -lv farm_id to list details of the resources associated with the farm. Connect a tape drive to the physical server. Extract the data from tapes to the server.

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  This method is one of the methods to migrate data from tape to an I-Fabric.

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• Network Transport

  Use virtual private network (VPN) FTP to migrate user data to the I-Fabric. For VPN, use a transport program such as FTP or WGET to transfer data over the secure, encrypted connection between the user site and the I-Fabric.