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Irrespective of when CloudPools is configured on the source cluster, the cloud provider account information, CloudPools, and filepool policy are automatically configured on the target cluster.
Configuring CloudPools before creating a SyncIQ policy is a supported option. When the SyncIQ policy runs for the first time, it checks if the specified source directory contains SmartLink files.
If SmartLink files are found in the source directory, on the target cluster SyncIQ performs the following actions:
Although the target cluster is configured for the same cloud provider using CloudPools, it only has read access to the provider.
An existing SyncIQ policy also supports the replication of SmartLink files. If the SyncIQ policy is already configured and active, the source directory could be updated to work with CloudPools. After the CloudPools configuration is complete, the following SyncIQ job detects the SmartLink files on the source.
In this case, when the SmartLink files are detected in the source directory, on the target cluster SyncIQ performs the following actions:
Although the target cluster is configured for the same cloud provider using CloudPools, it only has read access to the provider.
Note: As a best practice, before configuring CloudPools on a source cluster directory, temporarily disable the associated SyncIQ policy. After updating the source cluster directory for CloudPools, enable the SyncIQ policy, allowing the next job to detect the SmartLink files and configure the target cluster accordingly.