SnapMirror fails with volume access error
Applies to
- NetApp ONTAP
- NetApp Element software
- NetApp HCI
Issue
- A volume 17.6 TB in size created on the Element side to be SnapMirrored
- Output of command
snapmirror show
on the destination side returns the error:
Last Transfer Error: Transfer failed. (Volume access error (File too large))
- ONTAP logs show the following error for the initialization transfer of the LUN:
Initialize:<Access_Group> SrcPath:<Path_to_ONTAP_LUN> DstPath:<ONTAP_cluster> Prim=SM:cid=101,mid=1030, handle_baseline_restart:6147, Msg=Failed to restart a partially completed initialize transfer, the destination volume must be recreated.