Simulating your Clustered ONTAP Environment: Part 3 - SnapMirrors and Vaults

Continuing from Part 2...

8) SnapMirror Policies

Run these commands from the Clustershell ::>

rows 0
set -showseparator "#"
set -showallfields true
snapmirror policy show -policy !DPDefault,!XDPDefault

Copy and paste into Excel using the ‘Text Import Wizard’ and # as a delimiter.

SnapMirror policies must have at least one rule, and at most 10 rules. To construct via the Clustershell requires two commands:

::> snapmirror policy create -vserver {vserver name} -policy {snapmirror policy} -comment {text} -tries {integer|unlimited} -transfer-priority {low|normal} -ignore-atime {true|false} -restart {always|never|default}

::> snapmirror policy add-rule -vserver {vserver name} -policy {snapmirror policy} -snapmirror-label {text} -keep {text} -preserve {true|false} -warn {integer}

This Excel formula will generate the SnapMirror Policy Create command:

=CONCATENATE("snapmirror policy create -vserver ",A3," -policy ",B3," -comment ","""",D3,""""," -tries ",E3," -transfer-priority ",F3," -ignore-atime ",G3," -restart ",H3)

Then, taking the data from columns I,J,K, and L, and using the following methods and formula will create the rules:
1) Data Tab > Text to Columns (using , as the delimiter)
2) Copy > Paste > Transpose

=CONCATENATE("snapmirror policy add-rule -vserver ",$A$3," -policy ",$B$3," -snapmirror-label ",A7," -keep ",B7," -preserve ",C7," -warn ",D7)

Note: The above process needs improvement, and if you only have one SnapMirror Policy it’s straightforward to do this manually.

9) SnapMirrors

Note: The document does not detail adding SnapMirror/SnapVault licensing, creating intercluster LIFs, Cluster peering, SVM peering, and configuring options snapmirror.access (7-Mode)

Run these commands from the Clustershell ::>

rows 0
set -showseparator "#"
set -showallfields true
snapmirror show -type !LS,!RST

Copy and paste into Excel using the ‘Text Import Wizard’ and # as a delimiter.
The following is the Clustershell syntax to be created ::>

snapmirror create -source-path {Source Path} -source-cluster {Source Cluster} -source-vserver {Source Vserver} -source-volume {Source Volume} -destination-path {Destination Path} -destination-cluster {Destination Cluster} -destination-vserver {Destination Vserver} -destination-volume {Destination Volume} -type {Relationship Type} -vserver {Managing Vserver} -schedule {SnapMirror Schedule} -policy {SnapMirror Policy} -tries {Tries Limit} -throttle {Throttle (KB/sec)}

The Excel formula to generate the commands:

=CONCATENATE("snapmirror create -source-path ",A3," -destination-path ",E3," -type ",I3," -schedule ",K3," -policy ",L3,IF(M3<>"-",CONCATENATE(" -tries ",M3),"")," -throttle ",N3)

10) Starting the SnapMirrors

The beauty about Clustered ONTAP command line is how easy it is to wildcard commands ::>

snapmirror initialize *

TO BE CONTINUED ...

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