If you physically transfer disks from a storage system that uses software-based disk ownership to a running storage system that does not, you can do so without using the disk remove_ownership command if the storage system you are transferring to is running Data ONTAP 6.5.1 or higher.
Steps
- Do not shut down the target storage system.
- On the target storage system, enter the following command to confirm the version of Data ONTAP on the target storage system:version
- If the Data ONTAP version on the target storage system is earlier than 6.5.1, do not continue this procedure. Instead, erase the software-based disk ownership information on the source storage system manually.
- Enter the following command for each of the disks you plan to remove to spin down the disks:disk remove disk_name
- Remove the disks from their original storage system and physically install them in the running target storage system.
The running target storage system automatically erases any existing software-based disk ownership information on the transferred disks.
After You Finish
On the target storage system, you can use the aggr status -r command to verify that the disks you have added are successfully installed.
