https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450759#M43236 <P>The volume must be entropy and the data protection type. If it is read write (RW) then you cannot create the mirror. Offline/delete the volume and recreate with “-type DP” then initialize the mirror</P> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:45:12 GMT TMACMD 2024-02-13T20:45:12Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450730#M43233 <P>Last Transfer Error: Destination volume "sv_test:sv_volume" must be an empty data-protection volume.<BR /><BR />got this error when I tried create mirror relationship from system manager.<BR /><BR />new volume will be empty right - not sure why it says destination must be empty DP volume.</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:41:02 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450730#M43233 Sairajeevmic 2025-06-04T09:41:02Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450759#M43236 <P>The volume must be entropy and the data protection type. If it is read write (RW) then you cannot create the mirror. Offline/delete the volume and recreate with “-type DP” then initialize the mirror</P> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:45:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450759#M43236 TMACMD 2024-02-13T20:45:12Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450772#M43241 <P>Thanks for the reply - I waited for 30 minutes, mirror status atomically changed to healthy &amp; idle&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:20:58 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/snapmirror-failed/m-p/450772#M43241 Sairajeevmic 2024-02-14T10:20:58Z