topic Re: How to cancel/re-create snapvault ? in ONTAP Discussions

How to cancel/re-create snapvault ?

NicolasR — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:24:54 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure about terms I'm using, but I'm pretty sure you will understand.

Here is an extract of the snapvault status -l

Source: source:path

Destination: destination:path

Status: Idle with restart checkpoint

Progress: 20704640 KB

State: Uninitialized

Lag: 00:00:00

Mirror Timestamp: -

Base Snapshot: -

Current Transfer Type: Retry

Current Transfer Error: cannot connect to source filer (<-- I stopped the Snapvault Process Manager service on the server, so this state is normal)

Contents: Transitioning

Last Transfer Type: -

Last Transfer Size: -

Last Transfer Duration: 00:00:00

Last Transfer From: -

There are 65 GB to transfer, ans it takes too much time (the source server is used nearly 22h/24)

I would like to cancel this snapvault and re-create it using the -k parameter, in order to limit the used bandwith, so data could be transferred while users are working on the server

1) How can I cancel this snapvault (using command line or NetApp Management Console) ?

2) How can I re-create it using the -k parameters ?

(I tried snapvault start –k 2000 -S source:path destination:path but I've got this answer

Too many arguments.

usage:

This command is available only on a snapvault secondary.

snapvault start [-r [-f]] [-w] [-k <kbs>] [-t <n>] [-p <conn_mode>] [-o <options>] [-S [<primary_system>:]<primary_path>] [<secondary_filer>:]<secondary_path>

where <options> is <opt_name>=<opt_value>[[,<opt_name>=<opt_value>]...]

For more information about the available options, please see the

SnapVault man page.)

Thanks.

Re: How to cancel/re-create snapvault ?

deepuj — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:07:27 GMT

Hi,

Please follow the steps in the link https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMM1278866/html/install/manage8.htm

Thanks

Re: How to cancel/re-create snapvault ?

NicolasR — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:51:30 GMT

Hello,

I'm a bit puzzled...

This article explain you need to delete the relationship from the "secondary storage system".

I have only one Windows server, and one FAS2220.

In the relationship, I specify :

- the location of the data I want to backup (the "source" ?) = a directory on my Windows server

- the location where I want it to be backuped (the "destination" ?) = a Qtree on my FAS2220

I'm a bit confused with NettApp terminology "primary storage system", "filer", ...

Re: How to cancel/re-create snapvault ?

aborzenkov — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:01:52 GMT

"secondary" == "destination"

"primary" == "source"

You are apparently using Open Systems SnapVault, in this case primary is "normal" host (Windows/Unix) and secondary is FAS (always).

Re: How to cancel/re-create snapvault ?

NicolasR — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:10:19 GMT

Great.

I hope it will be clearer for me now..

I'll try some command lines and we will see if it works

Thanks anyway.