Depending in the PowerVault it may be both. Our 201 it was on both and was still good after a move, but then I blew the drive anyway as the data was out of date. Our 220 also had it both places but I did not want the setup and was changing it any way with adding of drives and other changes.
Jon On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:14 AM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The new server has its own controller. > > I was thinking that the config info was actually stored in the > PowerVault, and could be loaded from it on to the new controller. I > can't recall why I thought that--some past experience I had. It's hazy > now. > > I can rebuild and restore if I have to. But unless there's some > advantage to doing that, I'd rather not--it would save time and > headache. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Moving a PowerVault > > If you are moving the controller card along with it then you don't have > any worries, it contains all the drive configuration. If you're just > moving the array then I don't really know. Someone else could probably > answer if a similar controller would detect the drive array. I assume > it's a Perc card of some sort. I would probably rebuild and restore > anyway. I'm getting ready to do this myself but I'm going to move the > Perc card with the array. If the Powervault is only half full of drives > you could split the backplane on the array and put new drives in and > connect them to your new server and then just move your files over to > the other server and then decommission or reuse the old drives. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:03 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Moving a PowerVault > > I've got a PowerVault SCSI RAID storage system attached to a server > that's being decommissioned. I want to move it over to a new replacement > server. I have no experience doing this, and want to make sure I don't > screw up the RAID configuration and data on it. Any pointers on how to > do this? > > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
