Which NetApp tool helps verify SnapMirror DR readiness and consistency?

Active IQ Unified Manager is NetApp's tool for monitoring the health and performance of storage systems. It provides comprehensive dashboards and reports specifically for data protection relationships, including SnapMirror. It actively monitors replication lag, transfer status, and configuration issues, generating alerts for potential problems. Its health checks are designed to assess the overall readiness of the DR environment, ensuring that recovery point objectives (RPOs) are met and that the configuration is consistent and ready for a failover event.

A. System Manager Scheduler: This is a component for scheduling tasks like Snapshot copies or volume moves, not a tool for verifying DR readiness or consistency.

B. SnapCenter Verification Workflow: SnapCenter focuses on application-consistent data protection. While it can verify application backups, Unified Manager provides the overarching infrastructure-level DR readiness check.

C. SnapMirror Break and Validate Script: This describes a manual or custom-scripted process, not a standard, integrated NetApp management tool for continuous monitoring and verification.

1. NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager Documentation, "Monitor data protection relationships." States: "You can use Unified Manager to monitor the health and status of your SnapMirror and SnapVault relationships... It helps you to identify and resolve issues, ensuring that your data is protected and available."

2. NetApp Product Page, "Active IQ Unified Manager." Describes features including: "Proactively manage data availability risks... Monitor data protection relationships to ensure you can meet your RPO and RTO."