i have to setup several snapmirror relationships between two sites both with a fas3020
site 1
has about 9TB of data/snapshots currently that needs to be setup for replication.
site 2
has about 5.5TB of data/snapshots
i have 4 total (2 in each site) spare MK14II 1TB drive shelfs.
Is there a way to do a snapmirror initialize to one of the shelfs, then ship it to the other site, attach the shelf and complete the snapmirror initialize? i have tried doing it over the wire (Site one has a 50mb pipe, site 2 has a 20mb pipe) but i kept having issues with it stopping and saying idle with restart checkpoint. Second issue is it is taking too long to complete the initial transfer.