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Configure the ONTAP SVM destination volume as writable

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You need to make SVM destination volumes writeable before you can serve data to clients.

The procedure is largely identical to the procedure for volume replication, with one exception. If you set -identity-preserve true when you created the SVM replication relationship, you must stop the source SVM before activating the destination SVM.

About this task

Learn more about the commands described in this procedure in the ONTAP command reference.

Note

In a disaster recovery scenario, you cannot perform a SnapMirror update from the source SVM to the disaster recovery destination SVM because your source SVM and its data will be inaccessible, and because updates since the last resync might be bad or corrupt.

Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, you can use System Manager to activate a destination storage VM after a disaster. Activating the destination storage VM makes the SVM destination volumes writable and enables you to serve data to clients.

Steps

You can perform this task from System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

System Manager

  1. If the source cluster is accessible, verify that the SVM is stopped: navigate to Storage > Storage VMs and check the State column for the SVM.

  2. If the source SVM state is "Running", stop it: select Menu options icon and choose Stop.

  3. On the destination cluster, locate the desired protection relationship: navigate to Protection > Relationships.

  4. Hover over the desired source storage VM name, click Menu options icon, and choose Activate destination Storage VM.

  5. In the Activate destination storage VM window, select Activate the destination storage VM and break the relationship.

  6. Click Activate.