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Leftover SnapMirror snapshot in SVM DR Configuration

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Applies to

  • OnTap 9
  • SVM DR
  • Snapmirror

Issue

  • Old snapshots on the source or destination volumes are not deleted automatically.
  • The stale relationship snapshots remain and consume disk space.
  • Delete on the source volume fails:

Error: command failed: This Snapshot copy is currently used as a reference Snapshot copy by one or
       more SnapMirror relationships. Deleting the Snapshot copy can cause future SnapMirror

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