Which feature enables replication from Element volumes to ONTAP?

• A. SnapVault
• B. SnapDiff
• C. SnapMirror
• D. SnapRestore

Answer: (C)

Replication across NetApp platforms relies on a feature designed for moving data from one array to another and keeping them in sync. That capability is SnapMirror. It creates a relationship between a source volume (here, an Element volume) and a destination volume on ONTAP, performs an initial baseline transfer, and then continuously propagates changed blocks to maintain an up-to-date copy. This is exactly what enables replication from Element volumes to ONTAP for disaster recovery or migration scenarios.

Other options serve different purposes: SnapVault is for backups to secondary storage, SnapDiff is a method used to track changes between snapshots (used internally for efficiency, not as a primary replication mechanism), and SnapRestore restores data from a snapshot rather than continuously replicating it.