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"snap create" scan seems to be slow resulting in snapshot state as creating for days

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • FAS systems
  • Snapshots

Issue

  • "snap_create" scan seems to be slow resulting in snapshot state as creating for days:
node-1a*> snap status vol1
Volume vol1 (cleaning summary map)
snapid  status     date           ownblks release fsRev name
------  ------     ------------   ------- ------- ----- --------
335     creating   Jun 11 14:30  30438607    9.15 54272 snapmirror.3d45e5e9-fc00-11ea-96d7-d039ea45319a_2156092779.2025-06-11_143000 (295935/299648 remaining)
277     creating   Jun 11 00:10    196151    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-11_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
180     creating   Jun 10 00:10    178406    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-10_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
97     creating   Jun 09 00:10     36122    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-09_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
1023     creating   Jun 08 00:10     33626    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-08_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
926     creating   Jun 07 00:10    183343    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-07_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
829     creating   Jun 06 00:10    215938    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-06_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
732     creating   Jun 05 00:10    197517    9.15 54272 daily.2025-06-05_0010 (295935/299648 remaining)
 
node-1a*> wafl scan status vol1
Volume vol1:
Scan id                   Type of scan     progress
190     snap create summary update     block 5291 of 299648
189     blocks used summary update     block 1470 of 299648

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