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CONTAP-498839: Reverse SnapMirror Relationship Creation Allowed without release pre snapmirror

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Reverse SnapMirror Relationship Creation Allowed without release pre snapmirror
 
*affa150-2n-rtp-3(Source) ----> aff300-2n-rtp-3(DR) create snapmirror*
 
aff300-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror create -source-path svmsr:volsr -destination-path svmdr:voldr
Operation succeeded: snapmirror create for the relationship with destination "svmdr:voldr".
 
aff300-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror show
                                                                       Progress
Source            Destination Mirror  Relationship   Total             Last
Path        Type  Path        State   Status         Progress  Healthy Updated
----------- ---- ------------ ------- -------------- --------- ------- --------
svmsr:volsr XDP  svmdr:voldr  Uninitialized
                                      Idle    
 
aff300-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror initialize -destination-path svmdr:voldr
Operation is queued: snapmirror initialize of destination "svmdr:voldr".
 
aff300-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror show
                                                                       Progress
Source            Destination Mirror  Relationship   Total             Last
Path        Type  Path        State   Status         Progress  Healthy Updated
----------- ---- ------------ ------- -------------- --------- ------- --------
svmsr:volsr XDP  svmdr:voldr  Snapmirrored
                                      Idle           -         true    -
  
*affa150-2n-rtp-3(DR) <---- aff300-2n-rtp-3(SOURCE)create new reverse snapmirror without delete and release pre snapmirror*   
 
affa150-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror create -source-path svmdr:voldr -destination-path svmsr:volsr
Operation succeeded: snapmirror create for the relationship with destination "svmsr:volsr".
 
affa150-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror show
                                                                       Progress
Source            Destination Mirror  Relationship   Total             Last
Path        Type  Path        State   Status         Progress  Healthy Updated
----------- ---- ------------ ------- -------------- --------- ------- --------
svmdr:voldr XDP  svmsr:volsr  Broken-off
                                      Idle           -         true    -
....
affa150-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror resync -destination-path svmsr:volsr
 
Warning: All data newer than Snapshot copy snapmirror.bd9bd899-66a3-11f0-a2fd-00a098e66c1b_2157613003.2025-07-21_225609 on volume
         svmsr:volsr will be deleted.
Do you want to continue? \{y|n}: y
Operation is queued: initiate snapmirror resync to destination "svmsr:volsr".
 
affa150-2n-rtp-3::> snapmirror show
                                                                       Progress
Source            Destination Mirror  Relationship   Total             Last
Path        Type  Path        State   Status         Progress  Healthy Updated
----------- ---- ------------ ------- -------------- --------- ------- --------
svmdr:voldr XDP  svmsr:volsr  Snapmirrored
                                      Idle    
 
 
after then both vol type change to DP.
 
aff300-2n-rtp-3::> vol show
Vserver   Volume       Aggregate    State      Type       Size  Available Used%
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- -----
aff300-rtp-3a
          vol0         aggr0_aff300_rtp_3a
                                    online     RW      348.6GB    313.9GB    5%
aff300-rtp-3b
          vol0         aggr0_aff300_rtp_3b
                                    online     RW      348.6GB    314.2GB    5%
svm1      svm1_root    aggr1        online     RW          1GB    971.6MB    0%
svm1      vol1         aggr1        online     RW        500GB    475.0GB    0%
svmdr     svmdr_root   aggr1        online     RW          1GB    972.5MB    0%
*svmdr     voldr        aggr1        online     DP         10GB    10.00GB    0%  <<<<<*
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affa150-2n-rtp-3::> vol show
Vserver   Volume       Aggregate    State      Type       Size  Available Used%
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- -----
a150-rtp-3a
          vol0         aggr0_a150_rtp_3a
                                    online     RW      151.3GB    93.24GB   35%
a150-rtp-3b
          vol0         aggr0_a150_rtp_3b
                                    online     RW      151.3GB    94.59GB   34%
svm1      svm1_root    aggr1        online     RW          1GB    971.6MB    0%
svm1      vol1         aggr1        online     RW        500GB    475.0GB    0%
svmsr     svmsr_root   aggr1        online     RW          1GB    972.5MB    0%
*svmsr     volsr        aggr1        online     DP         10GB     9.50GB    0%    <<<<<<*
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