Slow SnapMirror throughput and stuck in Transferring phase
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- XDP SnapMirror
Issue
- SnapMirror is stuck moving forward
cluster::> snapmirror show -destination-path SVM:volume -instance
Source Path:SVM:volume
Destination Path: SVM:volume
Relationship Type: XDP
Relationship Group Type: none
SnapMirror Schedule: -
SnapMirror Policy Type: mirror-vault
SnapMirror Policy: MirrorAndVault
Tries Limit: -
Throttle (KB/sec): unlimited
Mirror State: Uninitialized
Relationship Status: Transferring
File Restore File Count: -
File Restore File List: -
Transfer Snapshot: snapmirror.abcd.2025-04-27_075958
Snapshot Progress: 15.69TB
Total Progress: 15.69TB
Percent Complete for Current Status: -
Network Compression Ratio: 1:1
Snapshot Checkpoint: 15.68TB
Newest Snapshot: -
- There may be a disk or CPU bottleneck on the source or destination of the relationship
- Nothing is running on the destination that would interfere
- SnapMirror throughput appears to be near zero
