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Link between Site A and mediator down and Site B down

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When using SnapMirror active sync, you may lose connectivity between the ONTAP Mediator or your peered clusters. You can diagnose the issue by checking the connection, availability, and consensus status of the different parts of the SnapMirror active sync relationship then forcefully resuming connection.

Table 1. Determining the cause
What to check CLI command Indicator

Mediator from Site A

snapmirror mediator show

The connection status displays as unreachable

Site B connectivity

cluster peer show

Availability displays as unavailable

Consensus status of the SnapMirror active sync volume

volume show volume_name -fields smbc-consensus

The sm-bc consensus field displays Awaiting-consensus

For additional information about diagnosing and resolving this issue, refer to the Knowledge Base article Link between Site A and Mediator down and Site B down when using SnapMirror active sync.