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# Move volumes between storage groups

Storage groups are a collection of devices that are stored on the storage system. An application, a server, or a collection of servers use them.

## About this task

This procedure explains how to move volumes between storage groups.

Before you begin:

At least one of the following conditions must be met to move the volumes without disrupting the ability of the host to view the volumes:

- Each storage group must be a child of the same parent storage group, and the parent storage group must be associated with a masking view.
- Each storage group must be associated with a masking view, and both masking views must contain a common initiator group and a common port group. In this scenario, the port groups can be different. However, they must both contain the same set of ports, or the target port group can contain a superset of the ports in the source port group.
- The source storage group is not in a masking view.

To move volumes between storage groups:

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Select Storage > Storage Groups.
3. Select the storage group, and click .
4. Click Volumes.
5. Select one or more volumes, click , and click Move Volumes To SG.
6. Select the Target Storage Group Name.
7. Optional: By default, the operation fails if at least one of the preceding conditions is not met. To override this default behavior, select Use force flag.
8. Click OK.

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