For each destination volume or qtree that is to be located on this storage system, type an entry specifying the source, destination, characteristics and schedule of the data transfer on one line using the following syntax.source_system:{source_volume | /vol/volume_name/qtree_name} dest_system:{dest_volume | /vol/volume_name/qtree_name} arguments schedule
Note: When you use a qtree as a source, you do not create another qtree to serve as the destination.
SnapMirror automatically creates one for you, using the name you specify. However, you must specify the name of the qtree destination in the volume where you want it to be placed, either in the
/etc/snapmirror.conf file or in the
snapmirror initialize command.
Note: Do not specify more than 254 destination qtrees for any one volume in your /etc/snapmirror.conf file entries.
If you want to combine all non-qtree data in a volume into a qtree to use as a SnapMirror source, use this syntax.source_system:/vol/source_volume/- dest_system:/vol/dest_volume/qtree_name
The hyphen (-) character indicates all non-qtree data in the specified volume.
Note: The data in
/vol/source_volume/- qtree can only be a
SnapMirror source, never a destination. That is, after you create the
/- qtree, you can copy data from it to another qtree you name, but you cannot copy data to it from another qtree.