topic Re: can't Delete protection relationship in ONTAP Discussions

can't Delete protection relationship

GuyAnch — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:05:08 GMT

Hi,

Using ONTAP 9.x with two cluster having SVM data protection I can't delete data relationship.
I get the following erorr message when trying to build a new relationship even though the previous SVM protection is not listed as part of the "SVM DR Relationships"

Failed to create SVM relationship. Failed to create Vserver relationship information. Reason: Source Vserver "svmXXX" is already in a Vserver DR relationship with another Vserver in this cluster.

Re: can't Delete protection relationship

Ontapforrum — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:51:07 GMT

Hi,

Have you made sure the relationship you are trying to delete is 'broken-off' (assuming you don't need it)?

Just run this command to sanity check the relationship's state:
::> snapmirror list-destinations

And depending upon their state, use the commands appropriately.
::> snapmirror break -destination-path <vserver>:<path>
::> snapmirror delete -destination-path <vserver>:<path>
::> snapmirror release -destination-path <vserver>:<path>

Also, take a look at this thread: Just for reference purpose.
https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-ONTAP-Discussions/Can-t-remove-root-volume-for-DR-SVM-vserver/td-p/121211

Thanks!

Re: can't Delete protection relationship

GuyAnch — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:47:04 GMT

THANKS