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Snapshots are not rotating for specific labels

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SnapMirror
  • Snapshots
  • Snapvault

Issue

  • Snapmirror snapshot 'keep count' has been reached and no new snapshots are being transferred to the destination volume per below error 
    • sm.keepcnt.reached: No new Snapshot copies with snapmirror-label(s) 'daily' can be transferred to destination volume 
svm_vault:vol_vault because the keep count has been reached and the preserve value is set to 'true'
  • Snapmirror is not updating any new snapshots for a specific label after certain time. 
  • For Example,
    • On the destination volume only 2 weekly snapshots are seen which are 2 months old.
    • However source has new weekly snapshots every week.

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