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Converting a SnapMirror destination to a writable volume or qtree

You can convert a SnapMirror destination to a writable volume or qtree.

About this task

You must perform this task from the destination system.

On the destination system, you can make a destination volume or qtree writable.

  • To make a destination volume writable, run the following command: snapmirror break volume_name

  • To make a destination qtree writable, run the following commands:

    1. snapmirror quiesce /vol/volume_name/qtree_name

      Example

      cluster2::> snapmirror quiesce -destination-path vs1_dr:vol1

    2. snapmirror break /vol/volume_name/qtree_name

      Example

      cluster2::> snapmirror break -destination-path vs1_dr:vol1
      [Job 128] Job succeeded: SnapMirror Break Succeeded