Creation of new files on CIFS share fails with Error 0x8000FFFF: Catastrophic failure
Applies to
Issue
- Creating of new files on a folder on CIFS share fails with "Error 0x8000FFFF: Catastrophic failure"
EMS log
Wed Aug 17 11:33:41 CEST [cluster-n5: wafl_exempt10: wafl.dir.size.max.warning:error]: Directory size for fileid 730548 in volume vol1 is approaching the maxdirsize limit.
Wed Aug 17 12:27:18 CEST [cluster-n5: wafl_exempt10: wafl.dir.size.max.warning:error]: Directory size for fileid 730548 in volume vol1 is approaching the maxdirsize limit.
file-directory show for path "bigfolder"
cluster::> vserver security file-directory show -vserver segotx1035 -path /vol1/qtree1/bigfolder
Vserver: segotx1035
File Path: /vol1/qtree1/bigfolder
File Inode Number: 730548 <<<<<<<<<
Security Style: ntfs
Effective Style: ntfs
DOS Attributes: 10
DOS Attributes in Text: ----D---
Expanded Dos Attributes: -
UNIX User Id: 65534
UNIX Group Id: 65534
UNIX Mode Bits: 777
UNIX Mode Bits in Text: rwxrwxrwx
ACLs: NTFS Security Descriptor
Control:0x9004
Owner:Netapp\user1
Group:Netapp\Domain Users
DACL - ACEs
ALLOW-Everyone-0x1200a9
ALLOW-BUILTIN\Administrators-0x1f01ff-OI|CI
ALLOW-CREATOR OWNER-0x1f01ff-OI|CI|IO
ALLOW-CREATOR GROUP-0x120080-OI|CI|IO
ALLOW-Everyone-0x120080-OI|CI|IO
- In this scenario , the folder where the new file creation is failing already has 4 Million Files under it.