SnapShot deletion failure occurs frequently when applying retention policy during SCV backup
Applies to
- SnapCenter 4.1
- SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV) 4.1
- ONTAP 9
Issue
Retention policy fails to delete Snapshot with the following Snapshot copy "Snapshot_name" of volume "volume_name" on Vserver "vserver_name" has not expired or is locked. Use the "snapshot show -fields owners, expiry-time" command to view the expiry and lock status of the Snapshot copy.
content displayed in the SMCore log.