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Create a common snapshot between ONTAP consistency groups

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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.

About this task

The scheduled snapshot creation interval is 12 hours.

Before you begin

  • The SnapMirror group relationship must be in sync.

Steps

  1. Create a common snapshot:

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

  2. Monitor the progress of the update:

    destination::>snapmirror show -fields newest-snapshot

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