Data Domain: MREPL ASSOC failed, Dest Mtree must not exist for initialization

Summary: MREPL ASSOC failed, Dest Mtree must not exist for initialization

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Symptoms

Unable to initialize mtree replication context

Cause

When creating mtree replication pair, the destination mtree must not exist for initialization.

Errors seen will be

replication watch rctx://x
Use Control-C to stop monitoring.
(00:00) Replication initialize started...
(00:44) 0%: MREPL ASSOC failed: No such file or directory (2)


If mtree exists and is marked as deleted.

(00:00) Replication initialize started...
(00:02) 0%: MREPL ASSOC failed: repl ctx x: Dest Mtree must not exist for ini(00:04)
0%: MREPL ASSOC failed: repl ctx x: Dest Mtree must not exist for ini(00:06)
0%: MREPL ASSOC failed: repl ctx x: Dest Mtree must not exist for ini(00:08)
0%: MREPL ASSOC failed: repl ctx x: Dest Mtree must not exist for ini(00:10)

 

Resolution

Break replication context on both source and destination

Command : 

replication break rctx://x


Delete mtree on destination

Command : 

mtree delete /data/col1/<mtree>


Run filesystem cleaning on destination

Command : 

filesys clean start



Note: Run "filesys clean watch" and once cleaning starts at phase 1, you can stop cleaning "filesys clean stop" and make sure mtree is removed by running "Mtree list"

Reconfigure mtree on both source and destination

Command : 

replication add source mtree://<source hostname>/data/col1/<mtree> destination mtree://<destination hostname>/data/col1/<mtree>



Initialize replication context from source

Command : 

replication initalize rctx://x


Make sure replicaiton is initializing successfully

Command : 

replicaton watch rctx://x

 

Affected Products

Data Domain

Products

Data Domain
Article Properties
Article Number: 000042893
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
Version:  4
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