Hi David, First, I would say that in order to leverage VMAX3/AF - for prod/replica as well as repository/journal location, RP 5.1 and later must be used. I would recommend to leverage 5.1P1 for that and Hypermax 5977.1125.1125 (with fix 94389) or later. Second, the size of the production and replica volume (on VMAX3/AF) must match to the latter. To answer your question though: 1) The repository migration procedure is independent and doesn't really rely on these operations. From an organization PoV, I would recommend to perform the repository migration procedure as the last step, after all migrations are done 2) No, the advantage of encapsulating journal and repository volumes into VPLEX is non-disruptive data migration, The downside is impact on VPLEX due to the additional load. 3) The journals and repository don't consume any licensed capacity. we would need to license you're new target array. 4) Yes and the certificate can be imported manually if there's an issue for RP to retrieve it.  Hope that helps, Idan Kentor RecoverPoint Corporate Systems Engineering
Hi, IHAC who has existing RP 4.1.1. (will be upgraded to 4.4.1 later) Existing Source: VMAX40K , Existing Target: VMAX40K  At target side, they are replacing VMAX40K with Vmax3 AFA. Due to backup application requirement, they need to use VPlex splitter instead of VMAX3 splitter directly.   During this transition, all CGs will be torn down and regrouped. In the new configuration, customer just wants to put replicas on Vplex, the RP journal and repository will stay on VMAX3 AFA.   to avoid reconfigure everything, I am thinking of follow the KB 303715 : RecoverPoint: Non-disruptive migration of Repository Volume.   [URL] But I got a couple of questions: - when do I remove VMAX40K splitter and add vplex splitter & certificate. Can I do that either before or after the steps listed in the KB? - is there anything special if the repository/journal vols are not through Vplex? - Do I need to worry about re-applying license during this process? - If there is firewall preventing Vplex/RP to import certificate, can we still go ahead with CG configuration?   Thanks in advance! David
RP migration from VMAX to VPlex/VMAX3