NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – NFS, ONTAP — Question 8

You have created a SnapMirror relationship from your production volume serving SMB/CIFS data to your DR cluster. After two days of updates, you do not see any of the expected snapshots on the secondary volume.
Why is SnapMirror failing to replicate snapshots?

Answer options

• A. The SnapMirror label is missing from the SnapMirror policy on the secondary volume.
• B. SnapMirror is not properly licensed.
• C. SVM peering is not properly configured.
• D. The SnapMirror label is missing from the snapshot policy on the secondary volume.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because the SnapMirror label needs to be included in the snapshot policy for the secondary volume to ensure that it recognizes which snapshots to replicate. Options A, B, and C are incorrect as they do not directly relate to the missing snapshots; the issue specifically lies in the snapshot policy configuration.