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Snapmirror resume and resync after destination controller shutdown

arsalankhan — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:02:12 GMT

HI ,

I am new to snapmirror and i would like to know whtat is the procedure to re-enable , resume or resync the snapmirror on destination volume after change the ipadresses and powered off the destination controller .

For example

I have two HA pair systems FAS2554 running data ontap 8.2 7- mode .I have to change the ippaddressess and network configuration setting on the Destination system and gracefully shutdown that controller after that i need to re -sync or re-enable the snapmirror again . what are the steps to do that ?

Snapmirror status is on idle right now .

Regards,

Arsalan

Re: Snapmirror resume and resync after destination controller shutdown

aborzenkov — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:41:15 GMT

Did you check that new IP is allowed snapmirror access on source?

Re: Snapmirror resume and resync after destination controller shutdown

arsalankhan — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:43:50 GMT

Yes its already added in snapmirror.access and i want to know the steps prior shutting down the controller and after changed the ipaddress and then renable snapmirror .

Re: Snapmirror resume and resync after destination controller shutdown

aborzenkov — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:39:26 GMT

It should just work. SnapMirror works in pull mode, so destination should simply continue existing relationships as long as new IP is allowed for SnapMirror access to source.