Is lun copy between existing luns possible

Applies to

• Ontap
• FC protocol

Issue

Unable to copy the data from existing lun to different existing lun within the
same vserver.


tried below command but getting the error. that error stating we have to create
new destination LUN and start copy. but customer requirement is copy data b/w
two luns without creating new LUN.




SRI-N-NETAPP_N::> lun copy start -vserver SAN_SVM -destination-path
/vol/test_LUN_copy_vsa01/test_LUN_copy_vsa01 -source-path
/vol/Test_Lun_copy_commvsa02/Test_Lun_copy_commvsa02


Error: command failed: Destination LUN
"/vol/test_LUN_copy_vsa01/test_LUN_copy_vsa01" already exists.