https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Prevent-Failback-of-Snapmirror/m-p/113661#M24112 <P>Good Morning,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We are in the process of a customer migrating there data to a new filer not managed by us. We have allowed the "new" hostname in &nbsp;/etc/snapmirror.allow</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can you advise if it is possible prevent the "new" filer from failing back. We are still responsible for the live source volume and want to prevent any data loss by user error on the other end.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>James.</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:32:06 GMT Rainey86 2025-06-04T22:32:06Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Prevent-Failback-of-Snapmirror/m-p/113661#M24112 <P>Good Morning,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We are in the process of a customer migrating there data to a new filer not managed by us. We have allowed the "new" hostname in &nbsp;/etc/snapmirror.allow</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can you advise if it is possible prevent the "new" filer from failing back. We are still responsible for the live source volume and want to prevent any data loss by user error on the other end.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>James.</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:32:06 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Prevent-Failback-of-Snapmirror/m-p/113661#M24112 Rainey86 2025-06-04T22:32:06Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Prevent-Failback-of-Snapmirror/m-p/113663#M24113 Snapmirror revert can only be initiated from the source filer. If it is managed by you, it cannot be result of user error on the other side. Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:47:22 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Prevent-Failback-of-Snapmirror/m-p/113663#M24113 aborzenkov 2015-12-14T11:47:22Z