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Create a replication job schedule

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The job schedule determines when SnapMirror automatically updates the data protection relationship to which the schedule is assigned. You can use System Manager or the job schedule cron create command to create a replication job schedule.

About this task

You assign a job schedule when you create a data protection relationship. If you do not assign a job schedule, you must update the relationship manually.

Steps

You can create a replication job schedule using System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

System Manager

  1. Navigate to Protection > Overview and and expand Local policy settings.

  2. In the Schedules pane, click Arrow icon.

  3. In the Schedules window, click Add icon.

  4. In the Add schedule window, enter the schedule name, and choose the context and schedule type.

  5. Click Save.

CLI

  1. Create a job schedule:

    job schedule cron create -name <job_name> -month <month> -dayofweek <day_of_week> -day <day_of_month> -hour <hour> -minute <minute>

    For -month, -dayofweek, and -hour, you can specify all to run the job every month, day of the week, and hour, respectively.

    Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, you can include the Vserver for your job schedule:

    job schedule cron create -name <job_name> -vserver <Vserver_name> -month <month> -dayofweek <day_of_week> -day <day_of_month> -hour <hour> -minute <minute>
    Note The minimum supported schedule (RPO) for FlexVol volumes in a volume SnapMirror relationship is 5 minutes. The minimum supported schedule (RPO) for FlexGroup volumes in a volume SnapMirror relationship is 30 minutes.

    The following example creates a job schedule named my_weekly that runs on Saturdays at 3:00 a.m.:

    cluster_dst::> job schedule cron create -name my_weekly -dayofweek "Saturday" -hour 3 -minute 0