You have two ONTAP clusters, cluster1 and cluster2. Cluster1 has an SVM serving SMB3 data and you want to protect it by replicating it to cluster2…

Configuring an SVM DR relationship to protect an SMB/CIFS server while preserving its identity involves three primary steps. First, a destination SVM must be created on the destination cluster with the specific subtype of dp-destination. Second, the SnapMirror relationship is created between the source and destination SVMs using the -identity-preserve true parameter; this is critical for replicating the CIFS server's name, Active Directory computer account, and security identifiers (SIDs). Finally, the relationship must be initialized to perform the baseline transfer of all SVM configuration and data from the source to the destination.

A. Configure the network for data access on the destination SVM.

This is incorrect because the network configuration, including LIFs and routes, is replicated from the source SVM as part of the identity. It is not manually configured on the destination SVM during setup.

D. Create a CIFS server on the destination SVM.

This is incorrect because the CIFS server configuration is replicated from the source SVM. Manually creating a CIFS server on the destination would conflict with the replicated identity and is not part of the SVM DR process.

1. NetApp ONTAP 9.10.1 Documentation, "Set up SVM disaster recovery relationships": This official guide outlines the procedure.

Supports C: "Before you begin... You must have created a destination SVM with the subtype set to dp-destination."

Supports B: "Procedure Step 1. Create a SnapMirror relationship between the source SVM and the destination SVM by using the snapmirror create command with the -identity-preserve true parameter."

Supports E: "Procedure Step 2. Initialize the relationship by using the snapmirror initialize command."

Refutes A & D: The guide implicitly refutes A and D by stating the entire SVM configuration, which includes network and CIFS settings, is replicated.

2. NetApp Technical Report TR-4529, "ONTAP SVM Disaster Recovery": This report details the SVM DR architecture and setup.

Section 3.1, "Setting Up SVM DR": This section explicitly lists the required steps.

Step 1: "Create a destination SVM" using vserver create ... -subtype dp-destination. (Supports C)

Step 3: "Create a SnapMirror relationship" using snapmirror create ... -identity-preserve true. (Supports B)

Step 4: "Initialize the SnapMirror relationship" using snapmirror initialize. (Supports E)

Section 3.1.1, "SVM Configuration That Is Replicated": This section confirms that "CIFS server configuration" and "Network configuration" are replicated, which directly refutes the need for options A and D.