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Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow

The Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow enables you to create peer relationships between two Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs, formerly known as Vservers). Peer relationships enable SVMs to communicate with other SVMs.

Establishing intercluster or intracluster peer relationships enables you to replicate data between different geographical locations or between Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs, formerly known as Vservers) on different clusters.

The following sections provide details about the workflow and how to execute the workflow:

Prerequisites for executing the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow

You must ensure that certain requirements are met before executing the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) workflow. You must be a cluster administrator for executing this workflow.

  • Your system must be running clustered Data ONTAP.
    Note: This workflow is qualified to work with Data ONTAP 8.2.1 and later.
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) 3.0 must be installed.
  • You must have added OnCommand Unified Manager 6.1 or later as a data source in WFA and obtained the latest Unified Manager data.
  • Both the clusters that contain the SVMs to be peered must be running the same version of clustered Data ONTAP.
  • The time on the clusters that contain the SVMs to be peered must be synchronized within 300 seconds (5 minutes).
  • For establishing a peer relationship between two SVMs that belong to different clusters, you must have peered the clusters that contain the SVMs by executing the Establish Cluster Peering workflow.

What happens when you execute the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow

The Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow enables you to create peer relationships between two SVMs.

After executing the workflow, you should verify the peer relationship by running the vserver peer show command in the clustered Data ONTAP CLI.

Note: The workflow does not include the verification procedure.

The following illustration displays the tasks involved in executing the workflow:

Image displays tasks performed in the Storage Virtual Machine Peering workflow.

Executing the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow

The Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Peering workflow enables you to select the required clusters and SVMs to establish the SVM peer relationship.

Before you begin

You must have reviewed the requirements for executing the workflow.

Steps

  1. Log in to WFA by providing the necessary credentials.
  2. Click Portal > Setup > Storage Virtual Machine Peering.
    Tip: You can use the filter () to locate the workflow.
  3. Click the Execute icon ().
    The Execute Workflow 'Storage Virtual Machine Peering' dialog box is displayed.
  4. Select the first cluster name.
  5. Select the first SVM name.
  6. Select the peer cluster name.
  7. Select the peer SVM name.
  8. Optional: Click Preview to validate your workflow before executing it.
  9. Click Execute.
    You can also schedule the workflow for execution at a later date and time by selecting the Choose Date and Time for Execution check box.

After you finish

You should verify your peer relationship by running the vserver peer show command from the Data ONTAP command-line interface (CLI).

The command output displays the SVM state as peered.