Aborting SnapVault transfers

Why you abort transfers

You can use the snapvault abort command to halt an ongoing SnapVault transfer if a later transfer would be more useful or if an immediate shutdown or reboot is necessary.

Note
The descriptions and procedures in this section pertain to SnapVault backup of NetApp filers only. For descriptions and procedures pertaining to SnapVault backup of Open Systems drives and directories, see Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms and Managing SnapVault backup of Open Systems platforms.

This command can halt ongoing SnapVault transfers from primary to secondary storage (invoked by the snapvault start or snapvault update commands or scheduled through the snapvault snap sched -x command), or from secondary back to primary storage (invoked by the snapvault restore command).

You can enter the snapvault abort command at the filer primary storage system or at the secondary storage system.

snapvault abort command usage

The snapvault abort command line can be used in the following ways:

Aborting primary to secondary storage transfers

The snapvault abort command can halt ongoing SnapVault transfers from primary to secondary storage that were invoked by the snapvault start or snapvault update commands, or that were scheduled through the snapvault snap sched -x command. At the filer console of either the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command:

snapvault abort [sec_filer:]/vol/volx/sec_qtree

In the preceding command line:

sec_filer is the name of the SnapVault secondary storage system.

sec_qtree is the name of the secondary qtree to which the data is being transferred through SnapVault start or update commands.

Aborting secondary to primary storage transfers

The snapvault abort command can halt ongoing SnapVault transfers from secondary to primary storage that were invoked by the snapvault restore command. At the filer console of either the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command:

snapvault abort [prim_filer:]/vol/volx/prim_qtree

In the preceding command line:

prim_filer is the name of the primary storage filer.

prim_qtree is the name of the primary qtree to which the data is being restored.

Aborting SnapVault snapshot creation

the snapvault abort command can halt the ongoing creation of a SnapVault snapshot on the secondary storage system. At the filer console of the secondary storage system, enter the following command:

snapvault abort -s volx sv_snapname

In the above command lines

The -s option specifies that the command aborts the attempt to create a snapshot with basename of sv_snapname on volume volx.

You can obtain the secondary storage system volume and snapshot basenames from the snapvault status -s output.