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SMBC failed to create snapshot (volume is busy)

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Applies to

  • SnapMirror Business Continuity (SM-BC)
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

Even if SM-BC relationship is flagged as healthy and in-sync, the following error message is observed:

Failed to create Snapshot copy snapmirrorCG.abc12345-a1b2-a1b2-a1b2-a1b2c3d4e5f6_1234567890.aaaa-mm-dd_hhmmss on volume vserver:/cg/volXX. (Failed to create Snapshot copy CG.abc12345-a1b2-a1b2-a1b2-a1b2c3d4e5f6_1234567890.aaaa-mm-dd_hhmmss on volume abc12345-a1b2-a1b2-a1b2-a1b2c3d4e5f6:/cg/volXX. (Volume is busy))

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