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summary Initialize a replication relationship between source and target volumes.

Initialize a replication relationship in NetApp Workload Factory

Initialize a replication relationship between source and target volumes to transfer the snapshot and all data blocks in NetApp Workload Factory.

About this task

Initialization performs a baseline transfer: it makes a snapshot of the source volume, then transfers the snapshot and all the data blocks it references to the target volume.

Before you begin

Consider when you choose to complete this operation. Initialization can be time-consuming. You might want to run the baseline transfer in off-peak hours.

Steps

  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. Select the menu The hamburger menu icon is used to navigate to workloads like storage and then select Storage.

  3. From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.

  4. From FSx for ONTAP, select the actions menu of the file system to update and then select Manage.

  5. From the file system overview, select the Replication relationships tab.

  6. In the Replication relationships tab, select the actions menu of the replication relationship to initialize.

  7. Select Initialize.

  8. In the Initialize relationship dialog, select Initialize.