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Snaplock source volume on a SnapVault relationship is failing

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Applies to

  • SnapVault
  • SnapLock
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

  • With non-SnapLock volume no issue noticed.
  • Outputs showing the behaviour:
::> snapmirror show
Source Path: XXXX:XXXX
Destination Path: XXXX:XXXX
Relationship Type: XDP
SnapMirror Policy Type: vault
SnapMirror Policy: XXXX
Mirror State: Uninitialized
Healthy: false
Unhealthy Reason: Transfer failed.
Last Transfer Type: initialize
Last Transfer Error: A SnapMirror relationship of type "XDP" between SnapLock volumes must have a policy of type "async-mirror".
 
::> snapmirror policy show -policy XXXX -instance
       Vserver: XXXX
       SnapMirror Policy Name: XXXX
       SnapMirror Policy Type: vault
      Create Snapshot: false
      Total Number of Rules: XXXX
                   Total Keep: XXXX
 Rules:
 SnapMirror Label       Keep Preserve Warn Schedule Prefix    Retention Period
---------------------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ---------- ----------------
 XXXX                  XX false       0 -        -                        X
 XXXX                  XX false       0 -        -                        X
  • EMS log:
XXXX  XXXX ERROR smc.snapmir.init.fail: Initialize from source volume 'XXXX:XXXX' to destination volume 'XXXX:XXXX' failed with error 'A SnapMirror relationship of type "XDP" between SnapLock volumes must have a policy of type "async-mirror".'. Relationship UUID 'XXXX.

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