Creating a SnapMirror relationship for FlexGroup volumes

You can create a SnapMirror relationship between the source FlexGroup volume and the destination FlexGroup volume on a peered SVM for replicating data for disaster recovery. You can use the mirror copies of the FlexGroup volume to recover data when a disaster occurs.

1. Create a destination FlexGroup volume of type DP that has the same number of constituents as that of the source FlexGroup volume:
   1. From the source cluster, determine the number of constituents in the source FlexGroup volume: volume show -volume volume_name* -is-constituent true

      Example

      cluster1::> volume show  -volume srcFG* -is-constituent true
      Vserver   Volume       Aggregate    State      Type       Size  Available Used%
      --------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- -----
      vss       srcFG          -            online     RW         400TB   172.86GB  56%
      vss       srcFG__0001    Aggr_cmode   online     RW         25GB    10.86TB   56%
      vss       srcFG__0002    aggr1        online     RW         25TB    10.86TB   56%
      vss       srcFG__0003    Aggr_cmode   online     RW         25TB    10.72TB   57%
      vss       srcFG__0004    aggr1        online     RW         25TB    10.73TB   57%
      vss       srcFG__0005    Aggr_cmode   online     RW         25TB    10.67TB   57%
      vss       srcFG__0006    aggr1        online     RW         25TB    10.64TB   57%
      vss       srcFG__0007    Aggr_cmode   online     RW         25TB    10.63TB   57%
      ...
      
   2. From the destination cluster, create a destination FlexGroup volume of type DP with the same number of constituents as that of the source FlexGroup volume.

      Example

      cluster2::> volume create -vserver vsd -aggr-list aggr1,
      aggr2 -aggr-list-multiplier 8 -size 400TB -type DP dstFG
      
      Warning: The FlexGroup volume "dstFG" will be created with the following number 
      of constituents of size 25TB: 16.
      Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
      [Job 766] Job succeeded: Successful
      
      
   3. From the destination cluster, verify the number of constituents in the destination FlexGroup volume: volume show -volume volume_name* -is-constituent true

      Example

      cluster2::> volume show  -volume dstFG* -is-constituent true
      Vserver   Volume        Aggregate    State      Type       Size  Available  Used%
      --------- ------------  ------------ ---------- ---- ----------  ---------- -----
      vsd       dstFG          -            online     DP         400TB   172.86GB  56%
      vsd       dstFG__0001    Aggr_cmode   online     DP         25GB    10.86TB   56%
      vsd       dstFG__0002    aggr1        online     DP         25TB    10.86TB   56%
      vsd       dstFG__0003    Aggr_cmode   online     DP         25TB    10.72TB   57%
      vsd       dstFG__0004    aggr1        online     DP         25TB    10.73TB   57%
      vsd       dstFG__0005    Aggr_cmode   online     DP         25TB    10.67TB   57%
      vsd       dstFG__0006    aggr1        online     DP         25TB    10.64TB   57%
      vsd       dstFG__0007    Aggr_cmode   online     DP         25TB    10.63TB   57%
      ...
      
2. Create a job schedule: job schedule cron create -name job_name -month month -dayofweek day_of_week -day day_of_month -hour hour -minute minute

   For the -month, -dayofweek, and -hour options, you can specify all to run the job every month, every day of the week, and every hour, respectively.

   Example

   The following example creates a job schedule named my_weekly that runs on Saturdays at 3:00 a.m.:

   cluster1::> job schedule cron create -name my_weekly -dayofweek "Saturday" -hour 3 -minute 0
   
3. Optional: Create a custom policy of type async-mirror for the SnapMirror relationship: snapmirror policy create -vserver SVM -policy snapmirror_policy -type async-mirror

   If you do not create a custom policy, you should specify the MirrorAllSnapshots policy for SnapMirror relationships.
4. From the destination cluster, create a SnapMirror relationship between the source FlexGroup volume and the destination FlexGroup volume: snapmirror create -source-path src_svm:src_flexgroup -destination-path dest_svm:dest_flexgroup -type XDP -policy snapmirror_policy -schedule sched_name

   SnapMirror relationships for FlexGroup volumes must be of type XDP .

   If you specify a throttle value for the SnapMirror relationship for the FlexGroup volume, each constituent uses the same throttle value. The throttle value is not divided among the constituents.

   Note

   You cannot use SnapMirror labels of Snapshot copies for FlexGroup volumes.

   In ONTAP 9.5, if the policy is not specified with the snapmirror create command, the MirrorAndVault policy is used by default.

   Example

   cluster2::> snapmirror create -source-path vss:srcFG -destination-path vsd:dstFG -type XDP -policy MirrorAllSnaps
   hots -schedule hourly
   Operation succeeded: snapmirror create for the relationship with destination "vsd:dstFG".
   
5. From the destination cluster, initialize the SnapMirror relationship by performing a baseline transfer: snapmirror initialize -destination-path dest_svm:dest_flexgroup

   After the baseline transfer is completed, the destination FlexGroup volume is updated periodically based on the schedule of the SnapMirror relationship.

   Example

   cluster2::> snapmirror initialize -destination-path vsd:dstFG
   Operation is queued: snapmirror initialize of destination "vsd:dstFG".