Versions:
vSphere 5 u1
SRM 5.01
SRA 2.0.1
OnTap 8.1.1
Arrays: FAS3240
Basics:
Qtree to qtree Snapmirror with source and dest in vFilers.
The vFilers have static routes allowing them to see each other.
One qtree per volume, all qtrees within the vFiler are mirrored.
The Snapmiror initialize is defined with shortname and the respective destination shortname added to the vFiler hosts file.
Ping and traceroute work in both directions.
The Recover function is working perfectly in both directions, which validates a bunch of licensing and connectivity issues, but if I try to Reprotect after a failover, the new destination throws the following error every six seconds for 10 minutes then reaches the timeout;
[destfiler01:replication.dst.err:error]: SnapMirror: destination transfer from sydstdrvna99:/vol/acmgoldata01/data to /vol/acmgoldata01/data : cannot connect to source filer.
[destfiler01:replication.dst.resync.success:notice]: SnapMirror resync of /vol/acmgoldata01/data to sydstdrvna99:/vol/acmgoldata01/data was successful.
The new destination vFiler Snapmirror status is:
Source Destination State Lag Status
sydstdrvna99:/vol/acmgoldata01/data bnestprvna99:/vol/acmgoldata01/data Snapmirrored 00:50:23 Pending
sydstdrvna99:/vol/acmgolpaging01/paging bnestprvna99:/vol/acmgolpaging01/paging Snapmirrored 00:50:23 Idle
Any attempts to snapmirror update return "cannot connect to source filer", yet ping and traceroute using the shortname (as listed in the source above) work perfectly.
If I quiesce and break the snapmirror, then clean up the snaps, I can re-initialize, then re-install SRM and recreate the DB (the DB hack trick doesn't work for me) and failback.
So why doesn't the Reprotect work for me and what is "cannot connect to source filer" indicative of? Do the pFilers need to see the local and/or remote vFilers?
Help.
TIA,
Ham.
