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Unable to Delete Anti-Ransomware Protected (ARP) Snapshot on SVM-DR Destination Volume

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SVM-DR (Storage Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery) 
  • Destination volumes with Anti-Ransomware Protection (ARP)

Issue

  • Attempts to delete an Anti-Ransomware Protected (ARP) snapshot from a SnapMirror DP destination volume (used in SVM-DR) fail with an error like:

::*> volume snapshot delete -vserver <svm-dr> -volume <volname> -snapshot Anti_ransomware_backup.<timestamp> -ignore-owners true -force true

Error: command failed: Failed to delete Snapshot copy "Anti_ransomware_backup.<timestamp>" of volume "<volname>" on Vserver "<svm-dr>". Reason: Snapshot copy has not expired or is locked. Use the "snapshot show -fields owners,expiry-time,snaplock-expiry-time" command to view the expiry and lock status of the Snapshot copy.

  • The ARP snapshot occupies significant space on the DP volume.
  • The snapshot is not present or is already deleted on the source.
  • Standard deletion attempts (including with -force and -ignore-owners) fail.

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