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After ONTAP 9.7 upgrade, NDMP backup of path ending in a symlink fails

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.7 and later
  • NDMP

Issue

After upgrading to ONTAP 9.7 from an earlier version of ONTAP, NDMP backup of a filesystem ending in a symlink fails with the error:
 
[DUMP: ERROR: FILESYSTEM path [path]is not allowed since it is either a junction or a symlink]

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