Why does a volume show a protected check and an "Unprotected" status on ONTAP System Manager?
Applies to
ONTAP System Manager (OSM)
Answer
The behavior is expected as The SNAPMIRROR (Local or Remote)" status is for volume-level Snapmirror relationships and not SVM-DR relationships.
Example:
This is a source volume in a SnapMirror relationship. Both Snapshot Copies and Snapirror are checked:
In Protection - Overview, hover the cursor on the Snapmirror (Local or Remote) summary to display a brief report of replicated volumes.
In this scenario, volumes are not protected by their own volume-level SnapMirror relationships but they are protected as part of an SVM-DR relationship. As a result, OSM displays "Unprotected" when the volume details are expanded.
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