Patent ID: 8600943

Claim:
A method of migrating data from an old storage device to a new storage device, comprising: transferring the data from a first logical device on the old storage device to a second logical device on the new storage device; determining replication relationships for the first logical device, the replication relationships specifying at least one process by which the data is replicated from the first logical device on the old storage device to at least one replication logical device; transferring the replication relationships to the second logical device on the new storage device; and performing at least one of: (i) transferring the at least one replication logical device, used for the replication relationships at the first logical device, from the old storage device to the new storage device for use by the second logical device, or (ii) identifying the at least one replication logical device, used for the replication relationships at the first logical device, to the new storage device for use by the second logical device.