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How to protect a baseline snapshot to keep SnapCenter from attempting to delete the primary snapshot

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Applies to

Snapcenter Server

Issue

The user requires 1 snapshot retention on the production on 2-node cluster, and 30-day retention on the remote vault copy.

Error log:

This Snapshot copy is currently used as a reference Snapshot copy by one or more SnapMirror relationships. Deleting the Snapshot copy can cause future SnapMirror operations to fail.
Error: Remove Snapshot 'fp-gen-c_1wv14plug01_03-20-2018_03.00.24.9348' failed on volume 'DSTR_1EP14LGENC_SATA_FC_FP_V02'.

 

 

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