racli begin migration

Starts the migration of backup files from a source Recovery Appliance to a destination Recovery Appliance.

Syntax

racli begin migration --dest_host=<VALUE> 
[ --dest_replication_host=<VALUE> ]
[ --skip_replication ]
[ --protection_policy_name=<VALUE> ]
[--new_protection_policy_name=<VALUE> ]

Options

--dest_host

Specifies the FQDN of first node of destination Recovery Appliance.

--dest_replication_host

Specifies the FQDN of first node of 2nd destination Recovery Appliance

--skip_replication

Specifies the option to skip the replication setup from destination host. This is required if target host is replicated with target replication host before migration.

--protection_policy_name

(Optional) Specifies the protection policy name to be migrated. When specified, all databases associated with the protection policy are migrated. If this option is omitted, all eligible policies and their databases are considered for migration.

--new_protection_policy_name

(Optional) Specifies an alternative name for the protection policy on the target system. Use together with --protection_policy_name to rename a policy during migration.

Examples:

Migrate a single policy, renaming it on the destination:

racli begin migration --dest_host=target-ra1.example.com 
--protection_policy_name=OLDCOLD --new_protection_policy_name=NEWCOLD

Migrate all policies:

<racli begin migration --dest_host=target-ra1.example.com