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The following features are not supported on XCP NFS:
| Feature Name | Description |
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IPv6 |
Does not support IP version 6 (IPv6) |
NFSv4 access control lists (ACLs) (third-party) |
Does not support third-party to NetApp NFSv4 ACLs |
POSIX connector |
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Linux |
XCP is no longer supported on earlier distributions of Linux that were supported by XCP 1.6.3. |
Active source support |
XCP does not support combining baseline or incremental Snapshot copy operations with live source migrations. |
NFS to S3 migration |
XCP does not support NFS to S3 migration. |
The following features are not supported on XCP SMB:
| Feature Name | Description |
|---|---|
Third-party to NetApp NTFS access control lists (ACLs) |
XCP SMB does not support migration of third-party ACLs from non-NetApp to NetApp systems. |
NFS symbolic link (symlink) |
NFS symlink is not supported in XCP SMB |
ACL option for scan |
ACLs not supported for scan option |
IPv6 |
Does not support IP version 6 (IPv6) |
XCP Filters |
The XCP SMB exclude option currently excludes directories based on their pattern in the filter and traverses the filesystem of those directories. |
Live source migration |
XCP does not support modifying data on the source volume during migration. |
Multiple instances of XCP on the same host |
When running multiple instances of XCP on the same host you might get unpredictable results. |
The following common features are not available for XCP NFS and SMB:
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Time to complete migration: XCP upfront does not provide the time to complete the migration or the time to complete any command used for migration. If you are doing final cutover confirm that data churn on the source volume is low.
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Running copy again on an uncleaned target: XCP baseline copy will fail when there is partial data on the destination target. For a successful XCP baseline copy and XCP verify, the destination must be clean.
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Live destination: XCP does not support modifying data on the destination volume during a migration or during an incremental sync.
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Non-root user for File Analytics: XCP does not support installations and configurations performed by a non-root user or a sudo user.
The following features are not available for Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) connectors:
| Feature Name | Description |
|---|---|
Support for the |
The HDFS connector does not support the |
Symbolic link (symlink) and hard link support |
The HDFS file system does not support symlinks, hard links, or special files. |
Live source HDFS migration |
XCP does not support modifying data on the HDFS file system at the source during migration |
The following features are not available for Simple Storage Service (S3) connectors:
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Migration with S3 bucket as the source: XCP does not support migration with an S3 bucket as the source.