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Volume move fails with "volume is involved in a SnapMirror operation and cannot be moved," but no SnapMirror relationship is configured

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Applies to

ONTAP 9

Issue

  • volume move fails while setting up the move operation  
  • The Detailed Status of  volume move show:

The volume is involved in a SnapMirror operation and cannot be moved until the SnapMirror operation is complete. Wait for the SnapMirror operation to finish or abort the SnapMirror operation by issuing a 'snapmirror abort -hard true' command.

  • snapmirror show shows no SnapMirror relationship are associated with the volume being moved 
  • SKTrace logs in /etc/log/mlog/sktrace.log may contain:

 SM_VM: Failed to fence volume 

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