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Snapmirror initialization is slow due to network bandwidth

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Applies to

  • ONTAP
  • Snapmirror

Issue

  • Snapmirror Initialization transfer is  very slow 10+TB takes more than a month to complete the initial transfer.
  • Since the initialization is not complete, the scheduled updates fail with the below error.

Cluster_dest::> snapmirror show -destination-path Vserver_dest:vol01_dest -fields state,status,total-progress,unhealthy-reason

source-path             destination-path       state         status       total-progress   unhealthy-reason

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Vserver_test:Vol1     Vserver_dest:vol01_des  Uninitialized  Transferring   23.09TB        Scheduled update failed to start. (Volume conusea1arch01:ncsjptofpc01_group_kenvue_archive is not initialized.)
 

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