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SVMDR warning the root volume of source Vserver has user data

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SVMDR

Issue

A warning is received when initializing a new SVMDR relationship:
 
Cluster ::> snapmirror initialize -destination-path SVM1:
Warning: The root volume of the source Vserver has user data files. These files will not be mirrored to destination Vserver's root volume.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}:
 

 

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