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SnapCenter Exchange Backup fails renaming VSS Snapshot entry doesn't exist

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Applies to

  • SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange (SCE)

Issue

The full error seen is:
Activity 'Renaming VSS Snapshot' failed with error: Rename snapshot '{<snapshot_UUID>}' failed:
The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop:
entry doesn't exist.

Additionally, the ONTAP EMS log for those volumes were that snapshot was actually created successfully, shows:
[<NODE>: svc_queue_thread: wafl.snap.delete:info]: Snapshot copy {<snapshot_UUID>} on volume <vol>@vserver:<vserver_UUID>
NetApp was deleted by the Data ONTAP function ods_multicreate (cleanup).
The unique ID for this Snapshot copy is (<snap_id>, 0).

 

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