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SnapMirror advanced function commands and configuration files

You can use these commands to perform advanced functions with SnapMirror.

Command or file Function
snapmirror quiesce Stabilizes the contents of a destination just prior to a Snapshot copy by allowing ongoing data transfers to finish and temporarily preventing new transfers from beginning. This action ensures a manual Snapshot copy of a stable database.
snapmirror resume Resumes normal data transfer to a destination after it has been quiesced.
snapmirror resync Reestablishes the SnapMirror relationship between the source and a former destination volume or qtree to the SnapMirror relationship after the snapmirror break command and resynchronizes its contents with the source without repeating the initial transfer.
/etc/snapmirror.conf file snapmirror initialize snapmirror destinations These commands set up a cascading series of SnapMirror destinations. They make a uniform set of data available on a read-only basis to users from various locations throughout a network and they update that data uniformly at regular intervals.
snapmirror store

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snapmirror use
These commands copy a volume to local tape, and continue the backup on subsequent tapes if necessary.
snapmirror retrieve

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snapmirror use
These commands initialize or restore a volume from a local tape.