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SnapMirror release fails when unable to delete snapshot

Contributors netapp-aaron-holt netapp-ahibbard
Issue:

The SnapMirror release operation fails when the snapshot cannot be deleted.

Solution:

The snapshot contains a transient tag. Use the snapshot delete command with the -ignore-owners option to remove the transient snapshot.
snapshot delete -volume <volume_name> -snapshot <snapshot_name> -ignore-owners true -force true

Retry the snapmirror release command.