Missing Snapshots on middle cluster of cascade
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.7
- Snapmirror Cascade
- SVM DR
- SnapMirror is modified to MirrorAllSnapshots post initialization
Issue
Customer original environment was a production cluster to DR cluster. They used a surrogate cluster on source acting as a tertiary (A->C) of a cascade. Customer relocated the tertiary (A->C) to the DR site and attempted to reestablish replication (C->B). This failed with the not common snapshot error. The common snapshots were on the (A->C) cluster but the snapmirror transfer with mirrorallsnapshot did not transfer the common snapshot or daily snaps.