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Storage Replication Adapter (SRA): Failed to update embedded paths

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Applies to

  • Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 4.x
  • Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 7.x
  • Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 9.x
  • Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 10.x
  • VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
  • ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere

Issue

  • After running a Failover or Test Failover operation in VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), the following warning message can be seen:

Failed to update embedded paths in virtual machine file '/vmfs/volumes/abcdefgh-123456/.snapshot/snapmirror.abcdef-1234-abcde-025-03-12_070000/testvm1/testvm1.vmx'. Unable to access file

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  • You may also see the following error in SRM:

Cannot delete file [filename] .snapshot/snapmirror.2f64d59f-8e9e-11ec-a950-d039ea36fca3_2162606191.2026-06-22_213323/.vSphere-HA/FDM-d30277f5-ec3f-445d-b81a-473c6bbb3762-68510-d08abe7-q4usc1syu0466

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