Moving a Mount Path

Supported Mount Paths

A disk library with multiple disk devices. For example, a disk library Lib1 with disk devices Device_1 and Device_2.
You can move multiple disk devices pointing to the same path on multiple libraries to new location or consolidate with another existing device on that library. For example:
- Disk devices Device_1 and Device_2 pointing to path D:\MP1 on disk library Lib1 and Lib2.
You can move multiple disk devices pointing to the same path on the same disk library to new location. For example:
- Disk devices Device_1 and Device_2 pointing to path D:\MP1 on disk library Lib1.

You cannot move mount paths on HyperScale nodes.
You cannot move mount paths across two different libraries. For example, from Magnetic_Lib1 to Magnetic_Lib2.
You cannot consolidate multiple disk devices pointing to the same path on the same disk library. For example:
- Disk devices Device_1 and Device_2 pointing to path D:\MP1 on disk library Lib1.

Refer the following support matrix to verify MediaAgent version, platform and paths that support moving a mount path:

You cannot perform cross-platform move mount path operation. For example, you cannot move a mount path from Windows to Linux or from Linux to Windows.
You cannot perform cross-version move mount path operation. You cannot move a mount path from V10 MediaAgent to a V11 MediaAgent or from V11 MediaAgent to V10 MediaAgent.
You cannot perform move mount path operations on V9 MediaAgents.
To avoid slow data transfer, do not move mount paths between UNC paths.
You can move a mount path across V10 MediaAgents that are pointing to V11 CommServe.
You cannot move a mount path shared using the Data Server-IP, SAN or iSCSI to a UNC destination path.
If you move from a local mount path to a UNC mount path, and the UNC mount path does not support sparse files, then the data will grow in size.
On Linux MediaAgents, sparse files are not supported.