SnapVault and Ontap Version Question

[storage_ergo]

Hi,

I was wondering what are the restrictions for a Snapvault when it comes to an environment where there are several different OnTap OS's running and a single SV destination appliance. Can the destination be at the highest level on OnTap and support Snapvault relationships from older OnTap appliances?  IS there a a perticualer version cutoff ?

Thanks

[jmerrill]

Storage_ergo,

Since SnapVault is logical replication (similar to Qtree SnapMirror), there aren't dependencies on the ONTAP versions.  It is important to note that with different versions of ONTAP, you may lose out on some of the newer features.  Overall though, you won't have any problems backing up or restoring data with SnapVault across different versions of ONTAP.

Thanks!

Jeremy Merrill
Data Protection Solutions
Technical Marketing Engineer

[CHASSASIA_SGP]

Currently the Ontap is running 8.0.7 mode or 8.1 Cluster mode. Can you able to share if there will be potential issues between 7.3.6 and 8.0.7 as we are aware of losing out newer features? I cant find any supporting document in the Knowledge Base..:(

[scottgelb]

7.x to 8.x 7-mode is supported for snapvault. Not cluster-mode which doesn't have snapvault yet.

[CHASSASIA_SGP]

Scott, thanks. Can we snapvault from 8.x 7 mode to 7.x mode instead as I have a request from customer that they wish to perform this way?

[scottgelb]

Yes. Qsm can also do this. Just not Vsm.

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