ONTAP upgrade cannot start with warning SVM DR destination volumes are offline restricted
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- SVM Disaster Recovery (SVM-DR) configurations
- CLI-driven ONTAP upgrades
Issue
- An ONTAP upgrade will not start, or automated pre-upgrade validation reports volumes in an offline or restricted state.
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- The affected volumes belong to an SVM that is the destination of an SVM-DR (SnapMirror) relationship.
- This offline/restricted state is expected behavior for an active SVM-DR destination is not, by itself, a volume or hardware fault.
