Cannot access CIFS shares if the SVM root volume is offline
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS/SMB
Issue
- The issue can present in multiple ways
- Any of the below symptoms may be present, but because they can vary, any one being absent does not rule out the scenario
- CIFS/SMB shares visible in Windows but not accessible with an error stating "An internal error occurred."
- The following EMS event may be observed, with a timestamp correlating to the CIFS client's attempt to access the share
Nblade.CifsOperationTimedOut: Detected a timed out CIFS operation. SMB command for this operation: SMB2_COM_TREE_CONNECT, Number of times this command was suspended: 2134, Number of times this command was restarted: 59, Last CSM error during this operation: CSM_OK, Remote blade UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Is QoS enabled: QoS_disabled, Last SpinNp error during this operation: SPINNP_NO_FO_ERROR, Client IP address: 10.10.10.10, Local IP address: 10.10.10.11, Target Vserver ID: 7, Target disk's DSID: 0
- New and existing NFS mounts may be impacted
