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SnapMirror initializing failure with CSM: Operation referred to a non-existent session

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SnapMirror

Issue

  • SnapMirror initializing fails with CSM: Operation referred to a non-existent session:

Transfer failed. (Replication operation request failed from Cluster Id: 419b801e-3c5e-11ee-94be-d039eaabc274, Node Id: 3db15287-2688-11ee-87bf-d039eaabd036 to Cluster Id: 9eedc1c7-4364-11ee-9b9a-d039eaabbf29, Node Id: 24307494-2687-11ee-babb-d039eaabc2b4 due to a network error (CSM: Operation referred to a non-existent session.))

  • repl.engine.error is observed in EMS log:

Fri Jan 05 12:34:34 +0800 [Demo-Netapp-01: sm_rpl_admin_main: repl.engine.error:debug]: params: {'replStatus': '5', 'replFailureMsg': '5898500', 'replFailureMsgDetail': '5898509', 'functionName': 'void repl_core::Instance::abortDestTransfer(spinnp_uuid_t *, snapmirror_dst_info_t **, spinnp_repl_result_t &)', 'lineNumber': '1649'}

  • Other SnapMirror relationships are initialized successfully.  

 

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