Snapshot restore fails with error message: Failed to promote Snapshot copy snapshot-name

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Category:: snapmirror

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Applies to

Cluster-Mode

Data ONTAP 8.X
Data ONTAP 9.x

Issue

Attempts to restore a snapshot older than a snapshot with an associated DP relationship (Snapmirror/SnapVault) fails with the following error message:

Error: command failed: Failed to promote Snapshot copy "snapshot-name" because one or more newer Snapshot copies are currently used as a reference Snapshot copy for data protection operations: snapshot-name.