Selecting the destination aggregate

Before you start moving a volume through the command-line interface, you must identify the aggregate to which you will move the volume. The volume move target-aggr show command identifies all possible destination aggregates for you to evaluate for your specific situation.

1. Identify the volume's SVM and its current aggregate (known as the source aggregate) by using the volume show command with the -volume and -instance parameters.
   Example

   cluster1::> volume show -volume vol1 -instance
   
                                      Vserver Name: SVM1
                                       Volume Name: vol1
                                    Aggregate Name: aggr1
                                                  ...

2. Display all aggregates that are potential destinations for this volume by using the volume move target-aggr show command.
   The output includes only data aggregates with enough available capacity for the volume.
   Example

   cluster1::> volume move target-aggr show -vserver SVM1 -volume vol1 
   Aggregate Name   Available Size   Storage Type
   --------------   --------------   ------------
   aggr3            763.8GB          SSD
   aggr4            345.5GB          SSD

3. Select a possible destination aggregate from the list.
4. Ensure that the destination aggregate is assigned to the SVM:
   1. Determine whether the SVM has aggregates assigned to it by using the vserver show command with the -vserver and -fields aggr-list parameters.
      If the list of aggregates is empty, aggregate assignment is not a factor in choosing a destination aggregate.
      Example
      The following output displays an SVM with an empty list of aggregates:

      cluster1::> vserver show -vserver SVM1 -fields aggr-list
      vserver aggr-list
      ------- ---------
      SVM1    -

   2. If the aggr-list contains aggregates and the destination aggregate is not among them, select a different aggregate or use the vserver add-aggregates command to assign more aggregates to the SVM.
5. Ensure that the destination aggregate is on the desired node:
   1. Identify the node of the source aggregate by using the storage aggregate show command with the -aggregate and -fields node parameters.
      Example

      cluster1::> storage aggregate show -aggregate aggr1 -fields node
      aggregate node
      --------- -------------
      aggr1     node-1-1

   2. Identify the node of the destination aggregate by using the storage aggregate show command with the -aggregate and -fields node parameters.
      Example

      cluster1::> storage aggregate show -aggregate aggr3 -fields node
      aggregate node
      --------- -------------
      aggr3     node-1-2

   3. If the aggregate is not on the desired node—for example, if the destination aggregate is on the same node as the source aggregate—select a different aggregate.
6. If the cluster contains more than one disk type, ensure that the destination aggregate is of the desired disk type.
   1. Identify the storage type of the source aggregate by using the storage aggregate show command with the -aggregate and -fields aggregate-type parameters.
      Example

      cluster1::> storage aggregate show -aggregate aggr1 -fields aggregate-type
      aggregate storage-type
      --------- ------------
      aggr1     SSD

   2. Identify the disk type of the destination aggregate by using the storage aggregate show command with the -fields aggregate-type parameter.
      Example

      cluster1::> storage aggregate show -aggregate aggr3 -fields aggregate-type
      aggregate storage-type
      --------- ------------
      aggr3     SSD

   3. If the aggregate does not have the desired storage type, select a different aggregate.
      For example, if the goal is to alter performance characteristics of the volume, you must select the aggregate with the desired disk type.