CONTAP-582089: SM updates failing with "Replication engine encountered an error during decompressing data" post upgrading to 9.16.1p8
Issue
After upgrading the SnapMirror source cluster to ONTAP 9.16.1P8, SnapMirror updates can fail with the following error: The replication engine encountered an error during decompressing data
This issue has been observed in environments where:
- The source system is using the zlib compression algorithm
- The source system is a QAT‑enabled platform
- Destination system is non‑QAT and has data compaction disabled
- Both source and destination are running ONTAP 9.16.1P8 (or destination on earlier ONTAP versions)
