This topic describes how to import data into the SAN File System.
Review the data-migration prerequisites before you begin migrating data.
You can migrate legacy data from your existing file system to the SAN File System using the data-migration utility on the client machine. This utility copies each file-system object from the source file system to the target SAN File System file system. The integrity of the migrated data and metadata (such as permissions and creation time) is checked automatically during the migration process.
The data-migration utility makes an entry in the log file before each file is migrated and marks that entry as "done" when the migration of that file is complete. When migrating large files, you can use the –checkpoint option to mark the entry in the log file after a specified number of blocks is migrated. The size of the block depends on the client platform. (The block size is displayed within the first several lines when the migration tool starts. The range is 1 Mb - 16 Mb.)
Parent topic: Migrating data
Related concepts
Data migration
Related reference
Data-migration considerations
migratedata