vcfg, err := c.GetBucketVersioning(ctx, remoteBkt)
	if err != nil {
		if minio.ToErrorResponse(err).Code == "NoSuchBucket" {
			return batchReplicationJobError{
				Code:           "NoSuchTargetBucket",
				Description:    "The specified target bucket does not exist",
				HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusNotFound,
			}
		}
		return err
	}
	// if both source and target are minio instances