FlexGroup SnapMirror operation fails with "Source Consistency Group is already part of another snapmirror relationship."
Applies to
- SnapMirror for FlexGroups volumes
- ONTAP 9.1 (or later)
Issue
- When the
snapmirror resync
,snapmirror update
,orsnapmirror initialize
commands are run on a SnapMirror for FlexGroups relationship, the operation can fail with :
Failed to configure source. (Relationship database write failed (The Source Consistency Group is already part of another SnapMirror relationship.).)
- This issue can arise when a new SnapMirror relationship is established between two FlexGroup volumes, and the relationship is initialized
- When the issue happens during a SnapMirror initialize, it is due to the existence of similar SnapMirror relationship information on the primary / snapmirror source
- This issue can also happen outside of SnapMirror initialize, in any scenario where the SnapMirror for FlexGroups relationship is deleted, then re-created on the destination