Is it safe to delete the unnecessary baseline snapshot on the destination side after the SnapMirror transfer is complete?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- SnapMirror
Answer
- Yes, it is safe to delete the unnecessary baseline snapshot on the destination side after the SnapMirror transfer is complete.
- Please refer to the following precautions:
- Confirm the end of the SnapMirror phase:
- Ensure that the SnapMirror relationship has already been broken and deleted.
- Confirm that the volume is being used in production (Read/Write).
- Deletion Procedure:
- When deleting the snapshot transferred by SnapMirror, ensure that the data within the volume has been deleted via NFS and that the data is no longer needed.
- Follow the standard snapshot deletion procedure to delete the snapshot.
- Precautions:
- Be careful when deleting snapshots.
- Deleted snapshots cannot be restored, so make sure they do not contain any necessary data.
Additional Information
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