Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM

You can use System Manager to create a mirror and vault relationship from the source storage virtual machine (SVM). Creating this relationship enables you to better protect your data by periodically transferring data from the source volume to the destination volume. It also enables you to retain data for long periods by creating backups of the source volume.

Before you begin

The source cluster must be running ONTAP 8.3.2 or later.
The SnapMirror license must be enabled on the source cluster and destination cluster.
Note:
- For some platforms, it is not mandatory for the source cluster to have the SnapMirror license enabled if the destination cluster has the SnapMirror license and Data Protection Optimization (DPO) license enabled.
- After the DPO license is enabled on the destination cluster, you must refresh the browser of the source cluster to enable the Protect option.
The source cluster and destination cluster must be in a healthy peer relationship.
The source SVM and destination SVM must be either in a healthy peer relationship or the destination SVM must have permission to peer.
The destination aggregate must have space available.
The source aggregate and the destination aggregate must be 64-bit aggregates.
FlexVol volumes must be online and read/write.
The SnapLock aggregate type must be the same.
A maximum of 25 volumes can be protected in one selection.
If you are connecting from a cluster running ONTAP 9.2 or earlier to a remote cluster on which Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication is enabled, password-based authentication must be enabled on the remote cluster.

About this task

System Manager does not support a cascade relationship.
For example, a destination volume in a relationship cannot be the source volume in another relationship.
If encryption is enabled on the source volume and the destination cluster is running a version of ONTAP software earlier than ONTAP 9.3, then encryption is disabled on the destination volume by default.

Procedure

Click Storage > Volumes.
From the Volumes on SVM list, select All SVMs.
Select the volumes for which you want to create mirror and vault relationships, and then click More Actions > Protect.
The Protect option is available only for a read/write volume.
Select Mirror and Vault from the Volume relationship Type list.
Specify the cluster and the SVM, and then enter a name suffix for the destination volume.
If the specified cluster is running a version of ONTAP software earlier than ONTAP 9.3, then only peered SVMs are listed. If the specified cluster is running ONTAP 9.3 or later, peered SVMs and permitted SVMs are listed.
Optional: Click , update the protection policy and protection schedule, select FabricPool-enabled aggregate, and then initialize the protection relationship.
Click Save.