NetApp Snapmirror setup

scenario1:

Create a snapmirror destination volume then setup snapmirror replication.

Start initial snapmirror replication. Setup snapmirror schedule.

source: : source_vol  (production volume, 1500GB)

destination1: : dest1_vol     (snapmirrored volume, 1500GB )

Subject: - Setup snapmirror for

Target Storage devices:  ,


 Instruction:

Enable snapmirror on source and destination filer

Login to the source device

> options snapmirror.enable

snapmirror.enable  on

If snapmirror.enable is off,

> options snapmirror.enable on

snapmirror access

> rdfile /etc/snapmirror.allow

add destination filer name (destination filer IP address should be registered in /etc/hosts)

> wrfile /etc/snapmirror.allow

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Login to the device

create a volume   (1500GB) on aggr1

> vol create dest1_vol aggr1 1500g

> vol restrict dest1_vol

Initialize snapmirror, limited to 10 Mbps during initialize

>snapmirror initialize -k 1280 -S :source_vol  :dest1_vol

(-k specified in k byte/sec not k bit/sec. 10M bps = 10 * 1024 / 8  )

Add snapmirror schedule in /etc/snapmirror.conf

> rdfile /etc/snapmirror.conf

> wrfile /etc/snapmirror.conf

(ex)

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:source_vol :dest1_vol  - 0 21 * *