Create SnapMirror Policy dialog box

Destination Cluster

The name of the cluster you selected in the SnapMirror tab of the Configure Protection dialog box.

Destination SVM

The name of the SVM you selected in the SnapMirror tab of the Configure Protection dialog box.

Policy Name

The name you provide for the new policy. Policy names can consist of the characters A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, period (.), hyphen (-), and underscore (_).

Transfer Priority

The priority at which a transfer runs for asynchronous operations. You can select either Normal or Low. Transfer relationships with policies that specify a normal transfer priority run before those with policies that specify a low transfer priority.

Comment

An optional field in which you can add comments about the policy.

Transfer Restart

Indicates what restart action to take when a transfer is interrupted by an abort operation or any type of failure, such as a network outage. You can select one of the following:

• Always

  Specifies that a new Snapshot copy is created before restarting a transfer, then, if one exists, the transfer is restarted from a checkpoint, followed by an incremental transfer from the newly created Snapshot copy.

• Never

  Specifies that interrupted transfers are never restarted.

Command buttons​

The command buttons enable you to perform the following tasks:

Cancel

Discards the selections and closes the Configure Protection dialog box.

Apply

Applies your selections and begins the protection process.