topic Re: Snapmirror for lun volumes in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58469#M13730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>An Snapmirror based on a Snapshot. If your volume 100% full, you can't take a Snapshot for a Snapmirror.</P><P>You need enough space for the Snapshot.</P><P>The Snapmirror can create and <SPAN class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><SPAN class="hps">initialized at any time.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P>You can create a throttle if your network is small.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:42:34 GMT ANDREG1979 2012-12-15T19:42:34Z Snapmirror for lun volumes https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58465#M13729 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I wantto snapmirror my 2 TB volume whoch conatin luns to another filer . The volume is 100% full as it contains the luns . How much free space is required at the source to start the snampmirror of lun volumes ? Does starting snapmirror on lun volumes will have any impact on the source luns which are mapped on online ?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:13:44 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58465#M13729 RAJATGARG 2025-06-05T06:13:44Z Re: Snapmirror for lun volumes https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58469#M13730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>An Snapmirror based on a Snapshot. If your volume 100% full, you can't take a Snapshot for a Snapmirror.</P><P>You need enough space for the Snapshot.</P><P>The Snapmirror can create and <SPAN class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><SPAN class="hps">initialized at any time.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P>You can create a throttle if your network is small.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:42:34 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58469#M13730 ANDREG1979 2012-12-15T19:42:34Z Re: Snapmirror for lun volumes https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58473#M13732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is volume really full?</P><P>Have you tried adjusting the f<LABEL class="x-form-cb-label" for="x-auto-3979">ractional reserve (typical 100% for a LUN, ie a 100Gb lun requires a 200Gb volume)?</LABEL></P><P>Setting it to thin provisioned?</P><P>Setting dedup (does require some snap space), if only temporarily?</P><P>Deleting old snapshots, if any.</P><P></P><P>Starting a snapmirror should have no impact on source luns, they remain on-line and the SM process is transparent to the lun's client system.</P><P></P><P>It should be possible to SM a vol with very little free space, it's just slower if there's a lot of change going on.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:05:39 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snapmirror-for-lun-volumes/m-p/58473#M13732 nigelg1965 2012-12-17T12:05:39Z