Even though there is common snapshot, SnapMirror resync fails with error: No common snapshot copy found between source and destination volume
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
Issue
- After creating or re-creating a SnapMirror, the following error is seen:
Error: command failed: No common Snapshot copy found between svm_dst:vol_dst and svm_src:vol_src.
dst_cluster::> snapmirror create -destination-path svm_src:vol_src -source-path svm_dst:vol_dst -type DP -schedule hourly
Operation succeeded: snapmirror create for the relationship with destination "svm_src:vol_src".
dst_cluster::> snapmirror show
Progress
Source Destination Mirror Relationship Total Last
Path Type Path State Status Progress Healthy Updated
----------- ---- ------------ ------- -------------- --------- ------- --------
svm_dst:vol_dst
DP svm_src:vol_src
Broken-off
Idle - true -
dst_cluster::> snapmirror resync svm_src:vol_src
Error: command failed: No common Snapshot copy found between svm_dst:vol_dst and svm_src:vol_src.
dst_cluster::> snapshot show -vserver svm_dst -volume vol_dst -field snapshot <---------in-common snapshot
vserver volume snapshot
-------- ------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
svm_dst dst_dst snapmirror.dc8e1944-4b23-11e7-aeef-0050569ba626_2154508327.2018-05-21_022913
src_cluster::> snapshot show -vserver svm_src -volume vol_src -field snapshot <---------in-common snapshot
vserver volume snapshot
-------- ------------- ----------------------
svm_src vol_src snapmirror.dc8e1944-4b23-11e7-aeef-0050569ba626_2154508327.2018-05-21_022913