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Creating SVM peers

SVM peering enables you to establish a peer relationship between two storage virtual machines (SVMs) for data protection.

Before you begin

You must have created a peer relationship between the clusters in which the SVMs that you plan to peer reside.

About this task

  • The clusters that you can select as target clusters are listed when you create SVM peers by using the Protection > Overview window.

  • If the target SVM resides on a cluster in a system running ONTAP 9.2 or earlier, SVM peering cannot be accepted by using Storage Manager.

    Note
    In such a scenario, you can use the command-line interface (CLI) to accept SVM peering.
  1. Click Protection > Overview.
  2. Select Storage VM Peers and click the more icon .
  3. Select Peer Storage VMs.
  4. Select the peer cluster from the list.
  5. Select the target storage VM.
  6. Click Peer Storage VMs.

After you finish

You can view the intercluster LIFs, cluster peer relationship, and SVM peer relationship in the Summary window.

When you use Storage Manager to create the peer relationship, the encryption status is Enabled by default.