ONTAP 9 Manuals ( CA08871-402 )

Select Storage > Consistency groups.

Select the parent consistency group you want to which you want to add a child consistency group.

Next to the parent consistency group’s name, select More then Add new child consistency group.

Enter a name for your consistency group.

Choose whether you would like to add new or existing volumes.

Select Add.

Create the new consistency group. Provide values for the consistency group name, volume prefix, number of volumes, volume size, storage service, and export policy name:

Create the new consistency group. The volumes parameter accepts a comma-separated list of volume names.

Select Storage > Consistency groups.

Select the parent consistency group that contains the child you want to detach.

Next to the child consistency group you want to detach, select More then Detach from parent.

Optionally, rename the consistency group and select an application type.

Select Detach.

Detach the consistency group. Optionally, rename the detached consistency group with the -new-name parameter.

Select Storage > Consistency groups.

Select the consistency group you want to convert.

Select More then Move under different consistency group.

Optionally, enter a new name for the consistency group and select a component type. By default, the component type will be Other.

Choose if you want to migrate to an existing parent consistency group or create a new parent consistency group:

Select Move.

Create the new parent consistency group. The -consistency-groups parameter will migrate any existing consistency groups to the new parent.

Move the consistency group:

Select Storage > Consistency groups.

Select the consistency group you want to promote.

Select More then Promote to parent consistency group.

Enter a Name and select a Component type for the child consistency group.

Select Promote.

Promote the consistency group. This command will create one parent and one child consistency group.

Select Storage > Consistency groups.

Select the parent consistency group you want to demote.

Select More then Demote to single consistency group.

A warning will advise you that all associated child consistency groups will be deleted and their volumes will be moved under the new single consistency group. Select Demote to confirm you understand the impact.

Demote the consistency group. Use the optional -new-name parameter to rename the consistency group.