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Commands for moving volumes in ONTAP

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The ONTAP CLI provides specific commands for managing volume movement. Depending on what you need to do, use the following commands to manage quota rules and quota policies:

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Abort an active volume move operation.

volume move abort

Show status of a volume moving from one aggregate to another aggregate.

volume move show

Start moving a volume from one aggregate to another aggregate.

volume move start

Manage target aggregates for volume move.

volume move target-aggr

Trigger cutover of a move job.

volume move trigger-cutover

Change the amount of time client access is blocked if the default is not adequate.

volume move start or volume move modify with the -cutover-window parameter. The volume move modify command is an advanced command and the -cutover-window is an advanced parameter.

Determine what the system does if the volume move operation cannot be completed during the time client access is blocked.

volume move start or volume move modify with the -cutover-action parameter. The volume move modify command is an advanced command and the -cutover-action is an advanced parameter.

Learn more about volume move in the ONTAP command reference.