topic Re: Snapmirror subsystem not ready in ONTAP Discussions

SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet

thokelly — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:35:28 GMT

Full error message :"SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet. Wait a few minutes and try the command again."

when I try to migrate a volume from 7-mode to cDOT, either by 7MTT or by snapmirror on console.

Snapmirror license OK, peering OK, ports open.

90456 Error Failed to create the SnapMirror relationship for the following clustered Data ONTAP volumes.

Target SVM Volume Error Code Error Details
netapp11(netapp11):netapp-archiv01 voltest2 13001 SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet. Wait a few minutes and try the command again.

Anyone had this error before?

/Tom

Re: Snapmirror subsystem not ready

NAYABSK — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 06:45:51 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for writing to NetApp community. Could post the 7MTT logs here ?

session_name/transition.log

Thanks,

Nayab

Re: Snapmirror subsystem not ready

NAYABSK — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:42:35 GMT

Hi,

When the error says the subsystem is not ready. I would like to know was the cluster setup already ? or in progress ? or in initialization state ?

Check the cluster health to know if it is healthy

NetApp> Cluster show

Thanks,

Nayab

Re: Snapmirror subsystem not ready

thokelly — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:48:13 GMT

Hello Nayab,

I have to admit that the cluster was set up, then moved to a different data center location, but we dont have the ISLs up yet

(resulting in "mirror degraded" aggregates).

I suppose that this could be the problem, but am not sure.

/Tom

Re: SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet

mbeattie — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:49:38 GMT

Hi Tom,

Have you seen this KB?

https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/ka11A0000001Bfi/internal-snapmirror-fails-with-the-error-message-snapmirror-subsystem-is-not-fully-operational-yet

/matt

Re: SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet

thokelly — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:07:30 GMT

"KB article Not found. Please check the URL or KB number and try again."

internal link?

Re: SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet

mbeattie — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:16:01 GMT

Hi Tom,

That was the external link so i'm not sure why you can't access it but here is what the KB says:

Symptom

Snapmirror create fails with the error:

SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet. Wait a few minutes and try the command again. or...

Error: command failed: Failed to compute the Vserver identification from this content.

Cause: Node was not fully/properly added to the cluster.

Solution: Reboot the node with the error.

Given you mentioned you recently moved the hardware between DC's the issue might have occurred when it was added to the cluster in which case a node reboot should resolve it.

/Matt

Re: SnapMirror subsystem is not fully operational yet

thokelly — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:09:52 GMT

Rebooted both nodes of the destination cluster and now it works!

Thx a lot!

/Tom