topic Re: QSM update in ONTAP Discussions

QSM update

robverhoeven — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:36:22 GMT

Hi all,

I have to following situation:

Primary location:

Netapp 3210, Ontap 8.0.2P3, 64-bit aggregates

Secondary location:

Netapp 2050, Ontap 7.3.6P5, 32-bit aggregate

I have qtree snapmirror relations running between the two...no problem here!

The challenge (for me) is to update the qtree snapmirror relation with the snapshot created by Snapmanager (SQL / Exchange).

To let Snapmanager update the Snapmirror relation after operation is only possible when using volume Snapmirror.

Is is possible (using CLI) to do this for qtree snapmirror relations ?!?!

Thanks for you reply!!

Kind regards,

Rob

Re: QSM update

pascalduk — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:57:31 GMT

With qtree snapmirror you can specify with the -s option which snapshot on source should be used. I think you can execute the snapmirror commands in a post processing batch file of the snapmanagers.

Re: QSM update

robverhoeven — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:10:07 GMT

Thanks Pascal!

That will help me update the QSM with specified snapshot.

Cheers!

Rob

Re: QSM update

bazmercer — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:52:05 GMT

Hi Rob,

Sorry to hijack your thread! I have a similar situation to you with a 2240 doing qsm to a 3140 (7.2.3). After the initial creation with -s, how are you updating the destination to ensure backups are valid?

Thanks

Barry

Re: QSM update

robverhoeven — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:01:20 GMT

Hi Barry,

Make sure you use the "-gen" option in the joblauncher of Snapmanager SQL/Exchange etc. This way the must recent application consistent snapshot always has the same name. Now it's easy to automate using for example "plink" (or some identical SSH tool) to update the QSM.

I use something like this: snapmirror update -s sqlsnap__servername__recent /vol/volume-name/qtree-name

Hope this helps!

Cheers!

Rob

Re: QSM update

bazmercer — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:36:19 GMT

Brilliant, thanks