topic OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46503#M10920 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a snapmirror relationship imported in to OnCommand 5.0 which appears to complete successfully according to snapmirror logs and status but is reported as transfer failed in the jobs status of OnCommand. </P><P></P><P>In the completed job steps an entry appears for the start of the transfer, and the progress of the transfer both of which are success but the entry for snapmirror end shows as failed. </P><P></P><P>The error message is simply - SnapMirror transfer failed.</P><P></P><P>The bytes transferred shows as unknown but I have read that it may not always show a transfer amount if the transfer was small, which according to the snapmirror logs it is. </P><P></P><P>Has anyone come across this issue? </P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P>Steve.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:35:30 GMT SDHARRISUK 2025-06-05T06:35:30Z OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46503#M10920 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a snapmirror relationship imported in to OnCommand 5.0 which appears to complete successfully according to snapmirror logs and status but is reported as transfer failed in the jobs status of OnCommand. </P><P></P><P>In the completed job steps an entry appears for the start of the transfer, and the progress of the transfer both of which are success but the entry for snapmirror end shows as failed. </P><P></P><P>The error message is simply - SnapMirror transfer failed.</P><P></P><P>The bytes transferred shows as unknown but I have read that it may not always show a transfer amount if the transfer was small, which according to the snapmirror logs it is. </P><P></P><P>Has anyone come across this issue? </P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P>Steve.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:35:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46503#M10920 SDHARRISUK 2025-06-05T06:35:30Z Re: OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46510#M10925 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This may be a&nbsp; known issue. Do a ondemand job, then your conformance status should not be shown as job_failure.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>adai</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:54:36 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46510#M10925 adaikkap 2012-02-06T18:54:36Z Re: OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46513#M10928 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, </P><P></P><P>Thanks for your reply, unfortunately the on demand protection job failed with the same error. The data set has actually always shown as conformant but the snapmirror job does continue to show as failed. </P><P></P><P>Steve.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:42:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46513#M10928 SDHARRISUK 2012-02-07T08:42:46Z Re: OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46518#M10931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Steve,</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can you pls post the output of dfpm job detail for the failed job ?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>adai</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:48:15 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46518#M10931 adaikkap 2012-02-07T09:48:15Z Re: OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46523#M10933 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, </P><P></P><P>This is the output from /etc/log/snapmirror on the destination filer....</P><P></P><P>dst Tue Feb&nbsp; 7 12:25:46 GMT FILER-01A:V_DEV_DB FILER-02A:SM_DEV_DB Request (Update)</P><P>dst Tue Feb&nbsp; 7 12:25:49 GMT FILER-01A:V_DEV_DB FILER-02A:SM_DEV_DB Start</P><P>dst Tue Feb&nbsp; 7 12:27:09 GMT FILER-01A:V_DEV_DB FILER-02A:SM_DEV_DB End (8537096 KB)</P><P></P><P>This is the output from the dfpm job detail on the oncommand server.....</P><P>&nbsp; </P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Job State:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; completed</P><P>Job Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mirror data from node 'Primary data' to node 'Mirror' of dataset 'Development' (3349)</P><P>Job Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mirror</P><P>Job Status:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; failure</P><P>Bytes Transferred:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0</P><P>Dataset Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Development</P><P>Dataset Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3349</P><P>Object Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Development</P><P>Object Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3349</P><P>Policy Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Development mirror and back up</P><P>Policy Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3360</P><P>Started Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:25:05</P><P>Abort Requested Timestamp: </P><P>Completed Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:27:21</P><P>Submitted By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DFMScheduler</P><P>Destination Node Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</P><P>Destination Node Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mirror</P><P>Source Node Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</P><P>Source Node Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Primary data</P><P></P><P></P><P>Job progress messages:</P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6934</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; job-start</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:25:05</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P>Error Message: </P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6935</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; job-progress</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:25:09</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bandwidth limit for the job is UNLIMITED.</P><P>Error Message: </P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6936</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; snapmirror-start</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:25:09</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting SnapMirror transfer.</P><P>Error Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P>Source Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 193</P><P>Source Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.96.111.32:/V_DEV_DB</P><P>Destination Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1338</P><P>Destination Name:&nbsp; 10.96.111.34:/SM_DEV_DB</P><P>Bytes Transferred: 0</P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6937</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; snapmirror-progress</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:25:17</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Operation started.</P><P>Error Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P>Source Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 193</P><P>Source Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.96.111.32:/V_DEV_DB</P><P>Destination Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1338</P><P>Destination Name:&nbsp; 10.96.111.34:/SM_DEV_DB</P><P>Bytes Transferred: 0</P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6938</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; snapmirror-progress</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:26:37</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; operation was successful</P><P>Error Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P>Source Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 193</P><P>Source Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.96.111.32:/V_DEV_DB</P><P>Destination Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1338</P><P>Destination Name:&nbsp; 10.96.111.34:/SM_DEV_DB</P><P>Bytes Transferred: 0</P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6939</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; error</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; snapmirror-end</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:26:37</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P>Error Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SnapMirror transfer failed.</P><P>Source Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 193</P><P>Source Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.96.111.32:/V_DEV_DB</P><P>Destination Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1338</P><P>Destination Name:&nbsp; 10.96.111.34:/SM_DEV_DB</P><P>Bytes Transferred: 0</P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6940</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; job-progress</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:27:15</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Creating a temporary backup version on the source node.</P><P>Error Message: </P><P></P><P></P><P>Event Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6941</P><P>Event Status:&nbsp; normal</P><P>Event Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; job-end</P><P>Job Id:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 841</P><P>Timestamp:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 07 Feb 2012 12:27:21</P><P>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P>Error Message: </P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P>Steve.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:51:06 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46523#M10933 SDHARRISUK 2012-02-07T12:51:06Z Re: OnCommand reports snapmirror end transfer failed https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46529#M10935 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have the same issue!!!</P><P></P><P>Any news</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:21:20 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/OnCommand-reports-snapmirror-end-transfer-failed/m-p/46529#M10935 jsigales73 2012-11-09T23:21:20Z