Use the XCP client operating system, which is IMT supported. The IMT supported client is qualified by NetApp.

Run XCP as a root user in the Linux operating system to perform migration. you can run the xcp command as the sudo user, but it is not supported by XCP.

Run only one instance of XCP per client. Technically you can run multiple instanced of XCP on the same host from a different location, however this is not a supported practice. Indeed, running many instances might result in failure.

In the current XCP version, Live Source is not supported. If the source NetApp volume is active and continuously changed by applications and users, you should take a snapshot of the source volume to perform a migration.

It is a best practice to create a new snapshot with a different name for every incremental sync so that it is easy to create an incremental migration path based on the snapshot name in the event of failure.

If you are performing a snapshot-based migration, it is a best practice to continue snapshot-based migration until cutover.

If you have more than 10 million files and you have incremental data change of more than 50%, it is a best practice to use a higher core count and more memory than the minimum recommendation in the installation and administration guide.