How to configure SnapMirror from scratch ?

SnapMirror Configuration

1.    The source and destination Netapp Controllers must be connected via Fiber Channel or Ethernet TCP/IP networks

2.    Install the snapMirror license à A Standard SnapMirror License on source and destination Netapp controllers must be installed.

For ex: license add <code>

3.    To support all functionality of SnapMirror the version of Data Ontap on the source and destination controller must be the same.

4.    Source and Destination volumes must be of the same type

Traditional Volumes

Flex Volume 32bit

Flex Volume 64bit

5.    The destination volume must be >= the size of the source volume.

** If you wish to increase the size of source volume you must manually increase the size of the destination volume first, then increase the size of the source volume.

** This is done automatically using the options fs_size_fixed on command to force the destination volume to remain the same size as the source volume

6.    The name and IP address of source and destination controllers must be in the /etc/hosts file and/or be resolvable through DNS

7.    Check options

snapmirror.enable            on

8.    No deduplication on source or destination volumes

9.    TCP/IP over Ethernet will be used to do the replication A single IP is used on both source and destination Netapp controllers using a single virtual interface to provide fault tolerance

The IP Address of the controllers is registered in DNS 

On the source, specify the host name or IP address of the snapMirror destination systems you wish to authorize to replicate this source system.

For Ex: options snapmirror.access  host=dst_hostname1,dst_hostname2