Preparing to copy a volume

Verifying the relationship between filers

Creating trust relationships between filers

If the source and destination volumes in a volume copy operation reside on two different filers, the filers must have a trust relationship with each other.

To specify each filer as a trusted host of the other, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	By using FilerView or mounting the filer with NFS, enter the destination filer host name in the /etc/hosts.equiv file of the source filer, if it is not present already. The /etc/hosts.equiv file contains a list of host names, each of which is on a separate line. The presence of a host name in this file indicates that the filer allows that host to perform remote operations.
2	Repeat Step 1 on the destination filer, entering the source filer host name in the /etc/hosts.equiv file, if it is not present already.

Step

Action

By using FilerView or mounting the filer with NFS, enter the destination filer host name in the /etc/hosts.equiv file of the source filer, if it is not present already.

The /etc/hosts.equiv file contains a list of host names, each of which is on a separate line. The presence of a host name in this file indicates that the filer allows that host to perform remote operations.

Repeat Step 1 on the destination filer, entering the source filer host name in the /etc/hosts.equiv file, if it is not present already.