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Storage Virtual Machines : Protection : SnapMirror : Managing mirror relationships for Data ONTAP 8.2 : Updating mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
You can initiate an unscheduled mirror update of the destination. You might have to perform a manual update to prevent data loss due to an upcoming power outage, scheduled maintenance, or data migration.
Before you begin 
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The mirror relationship must be in a Snapmirrored state.
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You must have enabled password caching and saved the storage system credentials.
Steps 
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From the home page, double-click the appropriate storage system.
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Expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
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Select the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) that contains the destination volume and click Protection.
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Select the mirror relationship that you want to update the data, and click Operations > Update.
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Choose one of the following options:
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Select On demand to perform an incremental transfer from the recent common Snapshot copy between the source and destination volumes.
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Select Select Snapshot copy and specify the Snapshot copy that you want to transfer.
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Select Limit transfer bandwidth to to limit the network bandwidth used for transfers and specify the maximum transfer speed.
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Click Update.
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Verify the transfer status in the Details tab.
Related reference 
Protection window

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