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SANtricity 11.8

Remote Storage feature overview

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If you have the Remote Storage feature, you can import data from a remote storage system to your storage array.

What is the Remote Storage feature?

The Remote Storage feature allows you to import data from a remote storage system to a local E-Series storage system. The remote system can be another E-Series system or a system from another vendor. This feature is helpful when you want to streamline data migration with minimal downtime, such as during equipment upgrades.

Note To use remote storage, this feature must be enabled in the Submodel ID (SMID).

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How do I import data with this feature?

Using the Remote Storage wizard, you map a remote storage device (the source for the data import) to a target volume on the E-Series system. This wizard is available from Storage  Remote storage.

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