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Define a rule for a policy

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For custom policies with the “mirror-vault” policy type, you must define at least one rule that determines which snapshot copies are transferred during initialization and update. You can also define rules for default policies with the “mirror-vault” policy type.

About this task

Every policy with the “mirror-vault” policy type must have a rule that specifies which snapshot copies to replicate. The rule “bi-monthly”, for example, indicates that only snapshot copies assigned the SnapMirror label “bi-monthly” should be replicated. You assign the SnapMirror label when you configure Element snapshot copies.

Each policy type is associated with one or more system-defined rules. These rules are automatically assigned to a policy when you specify its policy type. The table below shows the system-defined rules.

System-defined rule

Used in policy types

Result

sm_created

async-mirror, mirror-vault

A snapshot copy created by SnapMirror is transferred on initialization and update.

daily

mirror-vault

New snapshot copies on the source with the SnapMirror label “daily” are transferred on initialization and update.

weekly

mirror-vault

New snapshot copies on the source with the SnapMirror label “weekly” are transferred on initialization and update.

monthly

mirror-vault

New snapshot copies on the source with the SnapMirror label “monthly” are transferred on initialization and update.

You can specify additional rules as needed, for default or custom policies. For example:

  • For the default MirrorAndVault policy, you might create a rule called “bi-monthly” to match snapshot copies on the source with the “bi-monthly” SnapMirror label.

  • For a custom policy with the “mirror-vault” policy type, you might create a rule called “bi-weekly” to match snapshot copies on the source with the “bi-weekly” SnapMirror label.

Step

  1. Define a rule for a policy:

    snapmirror policy add-rule -vserver SVM -policy policy_for_rule -snapmirror-label snapmirror-label -keep retention_count

    For complete command syntax, see the man page.

    The following example adds a rule with the SnapMirror label bi-monthly to the default MirrorAndVault policy:

    cluster_dst::> snapmirror policy add-rule -vserver svm1 -policy MirrorAndVault -snapmirror-label bi-monthly -keep 6

    The following example adds a rule with the SnapMirror label bi-weekly to the custom my_snapvault policy:

    cluster_dst::> snapmirror policy add-rule -vserver svm1 -policy my_snapvault -snapmirror-label bi-weekly -keep 26

    The following example adds a rule with the SnapMirror label app_consistent to the custom Sync policy:

    cluster_dst::> snapmirror policy add-rule -vserver svm1 -policy Sync -snapmirror-label app_consistent -keep 1

    You can then replicate snapshot copies from the source cluster that match this SnapMirror label:

    cluster_src::> snapshot create -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 -snapshot snapshot1 -snapmirror-label app_consistent