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snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:58:58 GMT

Am trying to setup and verify snapmirror across 2 vsims, but seeing below issue.

Any help/guidance shall be of great help to identify what am I missing here?

Issue seen –

Snapmirror is not working across 2 different vsims

Error says – Snapmirror expects that the destination filer to be same as that of source filer

--Error snip—

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*> snapmirror initialize -S smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g:vol3 -w smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h:vol3

Illegal destination filer specification: smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h.

Destination filer, if specified, must match the local host: smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g.

usage:

snapmirror initialize [-k <n>][-s <src_snap>][-c <dst_snap>][-S [<srcfiler>:]<srcpath>][-w] [<dstfiler>:]<dstpath>

in which <srcpath> and <dstpath> are

- request start of initial transfer

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*> rdfile /etc/snapmirror.allow

172.31.70.29

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*> rdfile /etc/snapmirror.conf

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g:/vol/vol3 smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h:/vol/vol3 - * * * * *

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*>

Big Thanks!

Re: snapmirror on vsim

ASHWANI8HIGHS — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:46:05 GMT

Hi Anuj ,

Try to edit the conf file as

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g:vol3 smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h:vol3 - * * * * *

Then run initialize command

thanks

Ashwani

Re: snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:09:15 GMT

Hi Ashwani,

Thanks for your response.

But this has not helped. Same problem still exists.

Regards,

Anuj

Re: snapmirror on vsim

cscott — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:43:47 GMT

Anuj,

Did you change the serial number of one of the sims? The simulators have identical serial numbers and this breaks things like VSM on the sims until you change one of them to have a different serial number.

https://communities.netapp.com/message/6749#6749

- Scott

Re: snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 05:16:25 GMT

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your inputs.

But I have not changed serial nos on the devices.

I verified that both the devices have different serial nos.

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smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> sysconfig -v

NetApp Release R8.2xN_130326_2055 7-Mode: Tue Mar 26 21:10:43 PDT 2013

System ID: 4061576413 (smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h)

System Serial Number: 4061576-41-3 (smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h)

System Storage Configuration: Single Path

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smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*> sysconfig -v

NetApp Release R8.2xN_130326_2055 7-Mode: Tue Mar 26 21:10:43 PDT 2013

System ID: 4061576412 (smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g)

System Serial Number: 4061576-41-2 (smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g)

System Storage Configuration: Single Path

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Regards,

Anuj

Re: snapmirror on vsim

ASHWANI8HIGHS — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 06:59:24 GMT

Hi Anuj ,

Check last two things 1) if snapmirror is licensed on destination . 2) if you are able to ping destination filer ip from the source .

Re: snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:03:45 GMT

Hello Ashwani,

Yes I verified that snapmirror is licensed on both source and destination.

And I am able to ping the destination filer from the source.

---- snip from destination filer---

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> ifconfig -a

e0a: flags=0xe08866<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether 00:0c:29:0b:7c:45 (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full

e0b: flags=0xe08866<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether 00:0c:29:0b:7c:4f (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full

e0c: flags=0xe08866<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether 00:0c:29:0b:7c:59 (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full

e0d: flags=0xe48867<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

inet 172.31.70.29 netmask 0xffffe000 broadcast 172.31.95.255

ether 00:0c:29:0b:7c:63 (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full

lo: flags=0x1b48049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 9188

inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 127.0.0.1

losk: flags=0x40a400c9<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 9188

inet 127.0.20.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 127.0.20.1

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> license

Serial Number: 4061576-41-3

Owner: smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h

Package Type Description Expiration

----------------- ------- --------------------- --------------------

NFS license NFS License -

CIFS license CIFS License -

iSCSI site iSCSI License -

FCP site FCP License -

CDMI site CDMI License -

SnapRestore site SnapRestore License -

SnapMirror site SnapMirror License -

FlexClone site FlexClone License -

SnapVault site SnapVault License -

SnapLock site SnapLock Compliance License -

SnapManagerSuite site SnapManagerSuite License -

SnapProtectApps site SnapProtectApp License -

V_StorageAttach site Virtual Attached Storage License -

SnapLock_Enterprise site SnapLock Enterprise License -

Insight_Balance site OnCommand Balance -

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

---- snip from source filer---

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*> ping 172.31.70.29

172.31.70.29 is alive

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*>

Re: snapmirror on vsim

ASHWANI8HIGHS — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:26:36 GMT

Hi Anuj ,

Can you please share vol status and vol option for the destination volume .

Re: snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 08:10:52 GMT

Below are the details from destination:

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smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol status vol3

Volume State Status Options

vol3 online raid_dp, flex

parity uninit'd!

64-bit

Volume UUID: bb12e39d-a5e4-4885-b823-f4eb79d8b866

Containing aggregate: 'aggr3'

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol restrict vol3

Volume 'vol3' is now restricted.

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol status vol3

Volume State Status Options

vol3 restricted raid_dp, flex

parity uninit'd!

64-bit

Volume UUID: bb12e39d-a5e4-4885-b823-f4eb79d8b866

Containing aggregate: 'aggr3'

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol options vol3

Volume vol3 is restricted or offline; options are unknown

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol online vol3

Volume 'vol3' is now online.

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol options vol3

nosnap=off, nosnapdir=off, minra=off, no_atime_update=off, nvfail=off,

ignore_inconsistent=off, snapmirrored=off, create_ucode=off,

convert_ucode=off, maxdirsize=41861, schedsnapname=ordinal,

fs_size_fixed=off, guarantee=volume, svo_enable=off, svo_checksum=off,

svo_allow_rman=off, svo_reject_errors=off, no_i2p=off,

fractional_reserve=100, extent=off, try_first=volume_grow,

read_realloc=off, snapshot_clone_dependency=off, dlog_hole_reserve=off,

nbu_archival_snap=off

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> vol restrict vol3

Volume 'vol3' is now restricted.

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

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Re: snapmirror on vsim

ASHWANI8HIGHS — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 08:23:44 GMT

Hi Anuj ,

The fractional reserve is 100 ? please remove this . Restrict the volume once again .Ensure the size of destination volume is => source volume .Run the > snapmirror initialize -S srcvolume destinationfiler:destinationvolume

Re: snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 08:34:19 GMT

Hi Ashwani,

Is fractional reserve the same as snap reserve?

If not - please guide how to modify it ?

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smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> df

Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on

/vol/vol0/ 5998892 422484 5576408 7% /vol/vol0/

/vol/vol0/.snapshot 315728 143808 171920 46% /vol/vol0/.snapshot

/vol/v1/ 48640 128 48512 0% /vol/v1/

/vol/v1/.snapshot 2560 568 1992 22% /vol/v1/.snapshot

/vol/vol3/ 17930652 456 17930196 0% /vol/vol3/

/vol/vol3/.snapshot 943716 1552 942164 0% /vol/vol3/.snapshot

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*> snap reserve

Volume vol0: current snapshot reserve is 5% or 315728 k-bytes.

Volume v1: current snapshot reserve is 5% or 2560 k-bytes.

Volume vol3: current snapshot reserve is 5% or 943716 k-bytes.

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h*>

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Thanks.

Re: snapmirror on vsim

ASHWANI8HIGHS — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:24:07 GMT

Hi ,

One thing I missed that is your source volume has fractional reserve set to 100 .Please check if that is set to 100 then its fine to have on destination volume . Yes fractional reserve is different then snap reserve . Fractional reserve is used in SAN volumes to ensure space reservation for lun

Re: snapmirror on vsim

cscott — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:49:54 GMT

Anuj,

I cannot believe I missed this before:

smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g*> snapmirror initialize -S smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g:vol3 -w smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h:vol3

You should be initializing from the destination.

Log into smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h and run snapmirror initialize -S smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g:vol3 smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h:vol3

Initialize should be run from the destination filer.

- Scott

Re: snapmirror on vsim

ASHWANI8HIGHS — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:01:29 GMT

100% Scott You refresh some snapmirror fundamentals

Re: snapmirror on vsim

anujt — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:08:51 GMT

thx!!