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SnapMirror fails to set snapmirror label or internal tag for snapshot copy

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SnapMirror
  • SVMDR

Issue

  • SnapMirror update fails with error:

Failed to set "snapmirror-label" or internal tag for Snapshot copy "xxxxx" on volume "vserver:volume".
No such file or directory

  • To check for previous errors, run the command:

> snapmirror show -destination-volume <volume> -fields last-transfer-error,unhealthy-reason -expand

  • EMS log may contain messages indicating snapshots were deleted by autoDelete to recover storage:

snap_helper:wafl.volume.snap.autoDelete:info]: Deleting snapshot'snapmirror.XXX.2026-07-17_185626' in volume 'testXXX_volume@vserver:XXXX' to recover storage. 

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