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| summary | Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, you can use System Manager to move volumes to another tier to balance your storage load or to improve performance. |
Beginning with ONTAP 9.9.1, you can move volumes based on analysis of active and inactive data storage. In ONTAP 9.8, you can also use System Manager to move a volume to another tier to balance the load.
For more information, see File System Analytics overview.
Steps
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Click Storage > Volumes.
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Select the volume or volumes that you want to move, and then click Move.
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Select an existing tier (aggregate) to which you want to move the volume or volumes.