Use SMTAPE to initialize a SnapMirror vault relationship

[JustinM]

Hi,

I have used 'smtape' previously in order to initialize a SnapMirror relationship using 7-mode.  The place where I am currently working now has a similar issue in that they wish to use 'smtape' to initialize a number of 'vault' relationships, however this time the customer has Clustered OnTAP (8.2.3).  Does anybody else have any experience with this?

What I had to do before was as follows:

• Create a CIFS share on the source filer of a size similar to the volume that is being mirrored.
• Run 'smtape' to create a 'dump' file to the CIFS share.
• Copy the dump file from the CIFS share to an external NAS device.
• Transport the NAS device to the destination.
• Copy the dump file from the NAS device to a CIFS share on the destination.
• Run 'smtape' to extract the contents of the dump file to the destination volume.
• Resynchronise the snapmirror relationship between destination and source filers.

Is the process any different for Clustered OnTAP?

I look forward to hearing from you in the very near future.

Kind Regards

Justin

[Sahana]

Hi,

Yes the procedure is similar. Refer https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP1196819 page 67

In case a tape drive is not available in the environment, smtape can be utilized to seed a SnapMirror relationship by using a USB/disk to the destination site.
Note: This is only available in clustered Data ONTAP 8.2.1RC1 and later releases.