Isilon replication for existing snapshots

Hi,

I have a case where I need to replicate existing snapshots to the targets so I have figured out that there is an option --source-snapshot which will replicate the existing snapshot but that is using the Sync IQ policy. Using that policy I can replicate the snapshot but the policy creates its naming convention with the policy name and cluster name.

There are a few points for which I want the answers.

1. Is there any way which replicate the existing snapshot without any Sync IQ policy or any Rest API? I found this link but it is using policy http://doc.isilon.com/onefs/zzz_archive/cloudpools_staging/ifs_t_start_a_replication_job_gui.html

2. How the source knows which snapshot has been replicated. Like if the existing source snapshot contains the target snapshot details like target snapshot name and target path.

3. How the policy knows which snapshot has been replicated and the replicated snapshot name or detail. Currently, it is just replicating the snapshot.

4. Is there any way where I can put the detail where the policy always replicates with the existing snapshot name on the target. Suppose I have a snapshot with the name "Snapshot1" and I want to replicate this to the target in such a way wherein the target, the name of the snapshot will be the "Snapshot1". How this can be achieved? Updating the policy every time will not work for me since the snapshot creation and replication is a dynamic process and I am bound to change the configuration at run time.