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About creating a FlexClone volume from volumes currently in a SnapMirror relationship
You can create a FlexClone volume from the source or destination volume in an existing volume SnapMirror relationship. However, doing so could prevent future SnapMirror replication operations from completing successfully.
Replication might not work because when you create the FlexClone volume, you might lock a Snapshot copy that is used by SnapMirror. If this happens, SnapMirror stops replicating to the destination volume until the FlexClone volume is destroyed or is split from its parent. You have two options for addressing this issue:
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If your need for the FlexClone volume is temporary, and you can accept the temporary cessation of SnapMirror replication, you can create the FlexClone volume and either delete it or split it from its parent when possible. At that time, the SnapMirror replication continues normally.
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If you cannot accept the temporary cessation of SnapMirror replication, you can create a Snapshot copy in the SnapMirror source volume, and then use that Snapshot copy to create the FlexClone volume. (If you are creating the FlexClone volume from the destination volume, you must wait until that Snapshot copy replicates to the SnapMirror destination volume.) This method allows you to create the clone without locking a Snapshot copy that is in use by SnapMirror.

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