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Snapmirror Volume Deletion

CLOUDMINER — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:12:36 GMT

I have a snapmirror running at the volume level where I have a few snapshots of a LUN. If I delete the volume on the source side is the volume on the target side deleted and how long does it take?

Thanks!

Re: Snapmirror Volume Deletion

Naveenpusuluru — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:48:11 GMT

Hi @CLOUDMINER

If you delete the volume on source then volume on destination will not be deleted. You have to delete it manually.

First you have to follow the below process.

Dest> snapmirror quiesce <destination volumename>

Dest> snapmirror break <destination volumename>

Source> snapmirror destinations

source> snapmirror release <source volume name>

delete schedule entry on snapmirror config file

rdfile /etc/snapmirror.conf

take the output of the above command and paste it in note pad edit it and paste it back to snapmirror config file

wrfile /etc/snapmirror.conf

snapmirror is deleted now. You can delete source and destination volumes if you want.

Re: Snapmirror Volume Deletion

CLOUDMINER — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:33:43 GMT

Thanks - much appreciated.