text: **7.8.17 Migrating a fully managed volume to an image mode volume**
  
  Migrating a fully managed volume to an image mode volume enables the IBM Spectrum 
  Virtualize system to be removed from the data path. This feature might be useful when the 
  IBM Spectrum Virtualize system is used as a data mover. 
  
  To migrate a fully managed volume to an image mode volume, the following rules apply: 
  
  (cid:2) Cloud snapshots must not be enabled on the source volume. 
  
  (cid:2) The destination MDisk must be greater than or equal to the size of the volume. 
  
  (cid:2) The MDisk that is specified as the target must be in an unmanaged state. 
  
  (cid:2) Regardless of the mode in which the volume starts, it is reported as a managed mode 
  during the migration. 
  
  (cid:2) If the migration is interrupted by a system recovery or cache problem, the migration 
  
  resumes after the recovery completes. 