SMTape backup fails when restoring to newer version of ONTAP
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- SnapMirror to tape (SMTape)
- SnapMirror Interoperability
- Compatible ONTAP versions for SnapMirror relationships
Issue
- SMTape is used to back up data
- A restore is attempted to a version of ONTAP that is more than two versions later than the source
- Example 1: SMTape is used to back up ONTAP 9.3 data, and the image is restored to ONTAP 9.6 or later
- Example 2: SMTape is used to back up ONTAP 9.3 data, and then the same system is upgraded to ONTAP 9.6 or later
- The restore fails with the error
The image you are trying to restore is not supported in the current version