topic Re: snapvault update error, retrying... in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14887#M3390 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Please let me know what OCUM is?</P><P></P><P>Yes, snapmirror gets updated every hour</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:11:07 GMT netappmagic 2014-08-07T14:11:07Z snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14862#M3383 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when I run "snapvault update src:src-tree", I am getting thefollowing error</P><P></P><P>"Transfer not initially successful, Retrying</P><P>Monitor progress with "snapvault status" or the snapmirror log"</P><P></P><P>Immediately if I run "snapvault status", it shows me "pending", then quickly becoming "idle" again</P><P></P><P>Could you please tell me how to fix the issue? what should I do now to update SV?</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:31:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14862#M3383 netappmagic 2025-06-05T05:31:07Z Re: snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14867#M3385 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you look at snapmirror log file to see what's going on.</P><P></P><P>Also, are you running this from the snapvault secondary?&nbsp; I tend to run snapvault update dst:dsttree</P><P></P><P>Sometimes if it flips to pending, there could be a locked snapshot, are you coming off a mirror?</P><P></P><P>Do snapvault status -l </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:33:22 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14867#M3385 JGPSHNTAP 2014-08-06T11:33:22Z Re: snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14874#M3388 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, snapvaulting off a SM destination. So, could it be caused by a locked snapshot on the SM destination?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:18:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14874#M3388 netappmagic 2014-08-07T13:18:07Z Re: snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14879#M3389 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it managed in OCUM?</P><P></P><P>Is the snapmirror updating??</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:26:47 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14879#M3389 JGPSHNTAP 2014-08-07T13:26:47Z Re: snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14887#M3390 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Please let me know what OCUM is?</P><P></P><P>Yes, snapmirror gets updated every hour</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:11:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14887#M3390 netappmagic 2014-08-07T14:11:07Z Re: snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14889#M3391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are you using the CLI for your snapvault relationships?&nbsp; It sounds that way.&nbsp; Oncommand Unified Manager, is where you would create datasets</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:31:02 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14889#M3391 JGPSHNTAP 2014-08-07T14:31:02Z Re: snapvault update error, retrying... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14896#M3392 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This could be a number of issues.&nbsp; I would like to see a snap list on both the source and destination.&nbsp; I would also use the command snapvault destinations on both the source and destination and snapvault status on both systems.</P><P></P><P>When we snapvault from a SM destination we create a sv_daily snapshot schedule on the source and key the snapvault to that snapshot not the snapmirror snapshot.&nbsp; I am not sure how the NetApp software works because we don't use it.</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"> </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 07:09:19 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapvault-update-error-retrying/m-p/14896#M3392 clackamas 2014-08-08T07:09:19Z