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Create a common snapshot between ONTAP consistency groups or NAS SVMs

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In addition to the regularly scheduled snapshot operations, you can manually create a common snapshot between the volumes in the primary SnapMirror consistency group and the volumes in the secondary SnapMirror consistency group in a SAN configuration or at the SVM level for NAS configurations.

About this task

The scheduled snapshot creation interval is 12 hours for the Automated Failover policy and 3 hours for the Automated Failover Duplex policy.

Before you begin

  • The SnapMirror group relationship must be in sync.

Steps

You can create a common snapshot using System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

System Manager

  1. From the destination cluster, navigate to Protection > Replication.

  2. Locate the relationship source, select Menu options icon and choose Update.

  3. Choose As per policy or Select the snapshot to choose an existing snapshot.

  4. Select Update.

CLI

  1. From the destination site, create a common snapshot:

    snapmirror update -destination-path <destination path>

    Example for a SAN configuration:

    destination::>snapmirror update -destination-path vs1_dst:/cg/cg_dst

    Example for a NAS configuration:

    snapmirror update -destination-path vs_b:

  2. Monitor the progress of the update:

    destination::>snapmirror show -fields newest-snapshot

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