Which ONTAP feature enables disaster recovery for an SVM including LIFs and volumes?

• A. MetroCluster
• B. SVM SnapMirror
• C. FlexGroup replication
• D. SMBC

Answer: (B)

SVM SnapMirror directly mirrors the entire Storage Virtual Machine, including its logical interfaces and the volumes it contains, to a remote ONTAP system for disaster recovery. This means the DR copy preserves the SVM’s namespace, network configuration (LIFs), and data layout, making failover seamless for clients connected to those LIFs and access to the replicated volumes at the DR site.

MetroCluster protects data across sites at the cluster level and is a broader DR solution, not limited to a single SVM’s LIFs and volumes. FlexGroup replication targets replication of FlexGroup data specifically, not the entire SVM configuration. SMBC (SnapMirror Business Continuity) is a SnapMirror-based DR approach but does not define SVM-level replication as clearly as SVM SnapMirror. Therefore, SVM SnapMirror is the best fit for DR of an SVM including LIFs and volumes.