You set up a SnapMirror relationship between two clusters and start the SnapMirror initialization. The transfer starts without error and begins replicating data. Before the initialization completes, a network failure occurs and the transfer fails to finish. Once the network failure is corrected, you attempt to initialize the transfer again, but receive the following error:

Volume rep_vol01 is restricted Which step should you perform before attempting re-initialization?

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You set up a SnapMirror relationship between two clusters and start the SnapMirror initialization. The transfer starts without error and begins replicating data. Before the initialization completes, a network failure occurs and the transfer fails to finish. Once the network failure is corrected, you attempt to initialize the transfer again, but receive the following error:

Volume rep_vol01 is restricted Which step should you perform before attempting re-initialization?

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A. Change the state of the destination volume to online. During SnapMirror initialization, ONTAP places the destination volume in a restricted state to protect data integrity. When a network failure aborts the transfer, the volume stays restricted, and the error 'Volume rep_vol01 is restricted' reflects this. Changing the destination volume state back to online removes the blocking condition and allows the SnapMirror relationship to be re-initialized successfully.

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B. Delete all Snapshot copies on the destination volume. Deleting Snapshot copies on the destination is not a prerequisite for re-initialization; the interrupted transfer does not create a Snapshot conflict that prevents a new initialization attempt.

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C. Change the state of the destination volume to offline. The destination is already in a restricted or non-online state due to the failed transfer; changing it to offline does not resolve the error and is not a required step before re-initialization.

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D. Delete all data in the destination volume. Manually deleting all data from the destination is unnecessary because SnapMirror re-initialization handles the baseline or incremental transfer automatically without requiring prior manual data removal.

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