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Storage Replication Adapter: testFailover fails with "LUN is not accessible" error

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Applies to

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

Issue

  • When performing a testFailover operation in Site Recovery Manager (SRM), the operation fails with the following error:
LUN is not accessible. Failed to create snapshot of replica device //dr_svm/dr_volume/dr_lun.
SRA command 'testFailoverStart' failed for device '//dr_svm/dr_volume/dr_lun'. 
LUN is not accessible. Make sure your LUN is in an accessible state.
  • A screenshot from the recovery plan that shows the error:
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