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SRA test failover fails with "Failed to create snapshots of replica devices"

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Applies to

  • ONTAP Tools for VMware (OTV)
  • NetApp Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
  • VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

Issue

SRM test failover fails with error:

Failed to create snapshots of replica devices. SRA command 'testFailoverStart' failed. No SnapMirror relationship found.
Ensure that at least one SAN or NAS device is mirrored and the source and destination are on different storage arrays. SRA does not support SnapMirror relationships on a single storage array

 

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