1. PowerPath Migration Enabler
Features and Benefits
Note to Presenter: This presentation is intended to provide customers and prospects with a high-level overview of PowerPath Migration Enabler.
This presentation is intended to provide you with an understanding of how EMC PowerPath Migration Enabler can eliminate application downtime during data migrations to ensure you optimal application availability and performance during bulk data moves.

2. Data Storage Essentials
Applications and
Ecosystems
SAN and
SAN Resiliency
Monitoring
and Analytics
AppSync iCDM
Integrated copy data management with application consistency
Connectrix SAN
Storage Area Networking solution that enables servers to share block-based storage
Storage Resource Manager On-premises monitoring and reporting to optimize heterogeneous storage environments
VPLEX
Enables continuous application availability and data mobility
PowerPath
Intelligently manages data paths between servers and storage within your SAN
CloudIQ
Cloud-based IT analytics and monitoring for Dell EMC Storage and Connectrix
DevOps / IT Ops Resources
Integration for VMware, Automation and Containers
ClarityNow
Capture, organize and manage massive amounts of unstructured data in seconds.

3. Data Storage Essentials
Cloud-based monitoring and analytics
Locate, access and manage file / object data
CLOUD
CloudIQ
ClarityNow
Integrated copy data management
Multipathing between servers and storage
On-premises monitoring and reporting
SERVER
AppSync
PowerPath
SRM
Ethernet
WAN
Connectrix SAN
NETWORK
Remote Data Center
FC or FC-NVMe
Continuous application
availability & mobility
VPLEX
STORAGE
Block
Block
Block
File / Object

4. What is PowerPath Migration Enabler (PPME)?
Migrates LUNs seamlessly
Streamlines data consolidation
Increases LUN sizes without disrupting the user community
Does not require Professional Services
PPME is included with PowerPath Multipathing software
Use Cases
Technology Refresh
Moves large amounts of data between arrays
Lifecycle Management
Easily manages data through its lifecycle

5. PowerPath Migration Enabler
Provides migrations and mobility
Host-based copy
Array-based copy
Data copy and synchronization via the host
Data synchronization happens via the host
Data copy is performed by the array

6. Workflow for PowerPath Migration Enabler
Host-Copy workflow (PP Physical only)
Prerequisite task – configure target device
Connect storage to host, zone and mask target LUNs, mount target devices
Maintenance Window
Production
Set up migration
powermig setup
Sync source and target
powermig sync
Monitor sync progress
powermig query
Switch to target
powermig selectTarget
Multiple separate steps to accomplish a migration for more control
Each step is recoverable
For now, each step operates on a single source/target pair, but scripts can be written on top of the tool to migrate multiple pairs at once.
Commit the operation
powermig commit
Clean up migration
powermig cleanup
Post migration tasks – refresh mappings in SRM tools; remove source device if desired
Unmount devices from host, reclaim/reuse storage

7. Migration Enabler Steps Using Host Copy
Host-array connection
I/O
Bulk data copy thru host
Configure target to host
powermig setup
powermig sync
PowerPath Migration Enabler clones writes on host
Hostcopy daemon does bulk copy through host
Supports pause and resume during sync
Use throttling commands before or during sync
Disruptive tasks
Non-Disruptive
No application downtime
OR advantages: bulk copy; synchronization from host (of writes) (During sync step) best of all possible worlds
Mention that this is going thru a SAN
powermig selectTarget
powermig selectSource
powermig selectTarget
powermig commit
powermig cleanup
Remove source from host
Source
Target

8. PowerPath Migration Enabler Key Features
Application-transparent Migration
Reduced latency and even throttling per migration and per-host via Host Copy
Support for thin provisioning
Multiple migrations support
MSCS Cluster Support
Windows 2008, Windows 2012, and Windows 2016
PPME Virtual Edition for ESX servers (Directed Availability)
OR based migration of LUNs and datastores
Uses PowerPath Management Appliance to manage migration

9. PowerPath Migration Enabler vs VMware Storage vMotion
Feature
PPME
Storage vMotion
PPME Benefits
Migration type
Array based offload
Host based copy
Faster, uses VMAX OpenReplicator (OR)
Migration granularity
Per LUN/Datastore movement
Per VM movement
Storage Admin driven migrations, optimized for technology refresh use cases
Host impact
Minimal host CPU used
ESXi host CPU intensive
More ESXi host applications can continue to run with minimal impact
Migration limits
Max 32 PPME sessions, Max 32 LUNs per datastore
Max 2 Migrations per host, Max 8 Migrations per datastore
Greater throughput, faster migrations

10. PPME Virtual Edition

11. Better Together: PPME with Open Replicator
Host-Copy via Storage vMotion
Storage-Assisted
Places additional load on the vSphere hosts
Storage replication handles the heavy lifting
Increases the vSphere host network load
May increase the replication network load
Requires VMs to be relocated
Keeps VMs in place
May be significantly slower
Likely to be faster

12. PPME Customer Solutions
Global Software Provider
PPME used for non-disruptive migrations between arrays in various departments, simplifying workflow and saving time
U.S. Pharmacy Chain
PPME migrations on their Windows Exchange Hosts from legacy CLARiiON array to VMAX for an online cutover between heterogeneous arrays, thus saving time and effort from their personnel
Non-profit Multi-Hospital and Physician Network
PPME migrations on a variety of Windows and UNIX application servers saved a huge amount of time and effort in an array refresh project that was up against an aggressive timeline
Global Contact Lens Provider
Windows PPME migrations streamline Dell EMC PS services to engage and migrate data in an efficient and online manner using a field proven technology