topic smtape restore in Data Protection

smtape restore

srennie_hess — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:22:32 GMT

I'm trying to do a smtape restore on cdot 8.2.1 but job fails with "Error Description: Destination volume is not a replica".

Tapes are fine as i can do "system smtape showheader -tape /xxxx/rst0a -tape-block-size 256" and see tape contents. My destination volume is larger than original and is restricted and volume name is same as source (i'm restoring to a different system).

Restore command is - "system smtape restore -volume vol_name -tape /xxxx/rst0a -tape-block-size 256"

Any ideas much appreciated.

Thanks

Re: smtape restore

ekashpureff — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:32:36 GMT

Srennie -

The destination volume needs to be a DP type volume.

Did you create it with '-type DP' ?

I hope this response has been helpful to you.

At your service,

Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr.
Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff
Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp
(P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)

Re: smtape restore

srennie_hess — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:13:34 GMT

i re-created volume with type -DP and restore now running normally

thank you very much for your help!