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Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM

You can use Storage Manager to create a vault relationship from the source storage virtual machine (SVM), and to assign a vault policy to the vault relationship to create a backup vault. In the event of data loss or corruption on a system, backed-up data can be restored from the backup vault destination.

Before you begin

  • The SnapVault license or SnapMirror license must be enabled on both the source cluster and the destination cluster.

    Note
    • For some platforms, it is not mandatory for the source cluster to have the SnapVault license or the SnapMirror license enabled if the destination cluster has the SnapVault license or the SnapMirror license, and the Data Protection Optimization (DPO) license enabled.

    • After the DPO license is enabled on the destination cluster, you must refresh the browser of the source cluster to enable the Protect option.

  • The source cluster and destination cluster and the source SVM and destination SVM must be in a healthy peer relationship.

  • The destination aggregate must have space available.

  • The source aggregate and the destination aggregate must be 64-bit aggregates.

  • A vault (XDP) policy must exist.

    If a vault policy does not exist, you must create a vault policy or accept the default vault policy (named XDPDefault) that is automatically assigned.

  • FlexVol volumes must be online and of type read/write.

  • The SnapLock aggregate type must be the same.

  • A maximum of 25 volumes can be protected in one selection.

About this task

  • Storage Manager does not support a cascade relationship.

    For example, a destination volume in a relationship cannot be the source volume in another relationship.

  • You can create a lock-vault relationship only between a non-SnapLock (primary) volume and a SnapLock destination (secondary) volume.

  1. Click Protection > Relationships.
  2. Click Protect and select Volumes.
  3. Specify whether the relationship will be Synchronous or Asynchronous in the PROTECTION POLICY field.
  4. Specify the source cluster and destination cluster.
  5. Choose the storage VM associated with the volume and the volume to mirror.
  6. Select the target SVM and any destination settings.
  7. Click Save.