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    Hi,

    I'm trying to move all my protection groups and backups from one volume to another.  I found this article that talks about it, but I'm still not quite understanding how to use it.  I'm hoping someone can help we out.  Here's the article:

    https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dpm/2017/10/24/storage-migration-with-dpm-2016-mbs/

    Create a modifiable Protection Group the of the PG the datasource is in.

    $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup
$mpg = Get-DPMModifiableProtectionGroup $pg[0]

    Get the datasource you wish to migrate, and the volume you wish to migrate it to.

    $ds = Get-DPMDatasource $mpg
$vols = Get-DPMDiskStorage -Volumes

    Modify the disk allocation for the datasource, and save the PG.

    Set-DPMDatasourceDiskAllocation -ProtectionGroup $mpg -Datasource $ds[0] -TargetStorage $vols[0] -MigrateDatasourceDataFromDPM
Set-ProtectionGroup $mpg
    So if we look at the final command, I don't understand how they got the values for "$ds[0]" and "$vols[0].  Also, in the first section, it looks like they are defining $mpg.  How to they get the value for $pg[0]?
    In their example, every value is 0.  I'm assuming I need to figure out what values to plug in for my server.  How do I do that?

    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 6:31 PM

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    Hi!

    Basically the values they are using in the example are elements in an array, I will give an example and try to make it clear for you.

    If you run $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup and then run $pg, you will get a list of all your protection groups in DPM. To choose the a specific protection group in that list you will want to specify its number in the array, to know this you can do like this:

    In the screenshot above I created a protection group variable $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup.

    I then ran the variable $pg to see what it contains, it listed all my protection groups in DPM.

    I have three (3) protection groups, I then selected the first element in the array (the first protection group in the list) by writing $pg[0].

    Then I listed the second listed protection group $pg[1].

    Then I listed the third listed protection group $pg[2].

    An array always begins with 0, meaning the first in the list will start from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5... and so on.

    I hope this made it more clear for you!

    Best regards,
    Leon

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    • Marked as answer by OESTech Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:51 PM
    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 8:16 PM

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    Hi!

    Basically the values they are using in the example are elements in an array, I will give an example and try to make it clear for you.

    If you run $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup and then run $pg, you will get a list of all your protection groups in DPM. To choose the a specific protection group in that list you will want to specify its number in the array, to know this you can do like this:

    In the screenshot above I created a protection group variable $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup.

    I then ran the variable $pg to see what it contains, it listed all my protection groups in DPM.

    I have three (3) protection groups, I then selected the first element in the array (the first protection group in the list) by writing $pg[0].

    Then I listed the second listed protection group $pg[1].

    Then I listed the third listed protection group $pg[2].

    An array always begins with 0, meaning the first in the list will start from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5... and so on.

    I hope this made it more clear for you!

    Best regards,
    Leon

    Blog: https://thesystemcenterblog.com LinkedIn:

    • Marked as answer by OESTech Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:51 PM
    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 8:16 PM
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    I got it, thank you!!!

    So it looks like you're still limited to move one data source at a time like in the GUI.  This is going to take forever. At least in the GUI it's moving really slow.  I'm protecting Hyper-V and each ~40GB VM is taking a couple hours to move.

    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:51 PM
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    Glad to hear! Yeah unfortunately it's only one at the time, however this can probably be scripted if you know some PowerShell.

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    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:56 PM