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Create a cluster peer relationship in ONTAP

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Before you can protect your data by replicating it to a remote cluster for data backup and disaster recovery purposes, you should create a cluster peer relationship between the local and remote cluster.

About this task

This procedure applies to FAS, AFF, and current ASA systems. If you have an ASA r2 system (ASA A1K, ASA A70, or ASA A90), follow these steps to create set up snapshot replication. ASA r2 systems provide a simplified ONTAP experience specific to SAN-only customers.

Several default protection policies are available. You must have created your protection policies if you want to use custom policies.

Before you begin
Steps

Perform this task using ONTAP System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

  1. In the local cluster, click Cluster > Settings.

  2. In the Intercluster Settings section, click Add Network Interfaces and enter the IP address and subnet mask to add intercluster network interfaces for the cluster.

    Repeat this step on the remote cluster.

  3. In the remote cluster, click Cluster > Settings.

  4. Click Menu options icon in the Cluster Peers section and select Generate Passphrase.

  5. Select the remote ONTAP cluster version.

  6. Copy the generated passphrase.

  7. In the local cluster, under Cluster peers, click Menu options icon and select Peer cluster.

  8. In the Peer cluster window, paste the passphrase and click Initiate cluster peering.

Other ways to do this in ONTAP

To perform these tasks with…​ See this content…​

System Manager Classic (available with ONTAP 9.7 and earlier)

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