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CONTAP-186454: Snapshot delete operation fails when fence is set on volume.

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As part of ONTAP revert, it is mandatory to delete the current version's snapshots. However, the snapshot delete command cannot delete a specific snapshot copy and displays the following error when redirection fence is in place.
                              
::*> snapshot delete -vserver vs1 -volume demo1 -snapshot snapmirrorCG.d38668b7-d59b-11ee-8cd0-d039ea43367d_5555555555.2024-03-08_001505
Error: command failed: Failed to delete Snapshot copy
   "snapmirrorCG.d38668b7-d59b-11ee-8cd0-d039ea43367d_5555555555.2024-03-08_001505" of volume "demo1" on Vserver "vs1".
   Reason: Snapshot operation not supported while the volume is fenced for protocol access.

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