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.

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 primary storage system or at the secondary storage system.

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. To abort a primary to secondary storage transfer, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	At the console of either the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command: snapvault abort [sec_system:]/vol/volx/sec_qtree sec_system 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. Note If you use the -`h` option (hard abort) with the `snapvault abort` command, you cannot restart the transfer.

Step

Action

At the console of either the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command:

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

sec_system 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.

Note
If you use the -h option (hard abort) with the snapvault abort command, you cannot restart the transfer.

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. To abort a secondary to primary storage transfer, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	At the console of either the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command: snapvault abort [prim_system:]/vol/volx/prim_qtree prim_system is the name of the primary storage system. prim_qtree is the name of the primary qtree to which the data is being restored. Note If you use the -`h` option (hard abort) with the `snapvault abort` command, you cannot restart the transfer.

Step

Action

At the console of either the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command:

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

prim_system is the name of the primary storage system.

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

Note
If you use the -h option (hard abort) with the snapvault abort command, you cannot restart the transfer.

Aborting SnapVault Snapshot copy creation

To abort the ongoing creation of a SnapVault Snapshot copy on the secondary storage system, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	At the console of the secondary storage system, enter the following command: snapvault abort -s volx sv_snapname The `-s` option specifies that the command aborts the attempt to create a Snapshot copy with basename of sv_snapname on volume volx.

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