Error when running the "Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync" command

Jim_Robertson — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:15:41 GMT

I am running into an issue when trying to us the built in command, "Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync" in WFA 4.1 and OnTap 9.1P5. I have older workflows that I inherited that use the command without any issue. The workflow creates a new volume, then uses the built in command "Create Snapmirror" to create a Snapmirror relationship and Initialize it. It completes that fine, but then errors out on the Wait for SM Initialization command. I don't understand why it works for the old workflow, but fails for the new one. I can't see anything different.

I tried doing a test on just the command, and I am getting the following errors:
14:55:47.069 INFO [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] ### Command 'Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync' in 'POWER_SHELL' ###
14:55:48.962 INFO [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] Handling SnapMirror initialization or resync for relationship between Source_Cluster://Source_VServer/Source_Volume and Dest_Cluster://Dest_VServer/Dest_Volume
14:55:49.040 INFO [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] Using cached cluster connection
14:55:49.946 INFO [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] Detected 8.2-style relationship. Relationship control plane: v2
14:55:49.977 INFO [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] SnapMirror initialization or resync completed successfully. Transferred 368640 bytes.
14:55:50.008 ERROR [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] Could not update command progress.
Cause: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.. The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
14:55:50.071 ERROR [Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync] Failed executing command. Exception: Could not update command progress.
Cause: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.. The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.

It seems like it sees that the SM completed successfully, but then errors out after that. If I try putting the command into Powershell (which I setup accodring to these instructions http://www.wfaguy.com/2017/08/debug-wfa-in-your-powershell-editor.html) and run it from there, it fails on this Set-WfaCommandProgress command:

E:\Powershell> Set-WfaCommandProgress -Total 1 -Current 1 -ProgressPercentage 100 -Note $bytesTransferredMessage

Set-WfaCommandProgress : Execution URI input line was not set.

At line:1 char:1

+ Set-WfaCommandProgress -Total 1 -Current 1 -ProgressPercentage 100 -N ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-WfaCommandProgress], Exception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,WFA.SetWfaCommandProgress

Any idea why I might be getting this message?

Re: Error when running the "Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync" command

Jim_Robertson — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:27:13 GMT

Interestingly enough, for the new workflow, I put a Sleep command between the Snapmirror creation and the Wait for Initialization command, and the workflow completed successfully. I can't understand why that would make a difference, because I thought the Wait command would account for different states of the Snapmirror?

Re: Error when running the "Wait for SnapMirror initialization or resync" command

abhit — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 03:54:04 GMT

It should, you may have to increase the wait time in the wait command.

Sleep is putting additional wait time.

Regards

Abhi

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