Error Applying Security window appears when trying to change file/folder security settings

Applies to

ONTAP 9

Issue

Change file / folder security settings failed with the following error：

Example:

• Following Error Applying Security window appears：

An error occurred while applying the security information.
[Audit failure]
Failed to generate security audit.

• Found error string STATUS_AUDIT_FAILED on the packet traces：

2021-07-14 19:34:05.793779 0.000052 XXXX 3814 SMB2 0 SetInfo Request SEC_INFO/SMB2_SEC_INFO_00 File: XXXX
2021-07-14 19:34:05.794423 0.000223 XXXX 131 SMB2 0 SetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_AUDIT_FAILED

• EMS logs :

[?] Wed Jul 14 19:19:22 JST [Cluster: AuditWorkerThread03: adt.stgvol.nospace:EMERGENCY]: Audit subsystem internal error: Staging volume MDV_aud_XXX is full.
[?] Wed Jul 14 19:23:01 JST [Cluster: wafl_spcd_main: monitor.volume.nearlyFull:alert]: Volume MDV_aud_XXX@vserver:XXXX is nearly full (using or reserving 97%% of space and 0%% of inodes).
[?] Wed Jul 14 19:24:00 JST [Cluster: adtconsolidation: kern.vm.mmap.return:notice]: mmap(2) by adtconsolidation (pid 50713) for size 2097152 failed: VMEM limit exceeded, limit 310826598, error 12.
[?] Wed Jul 14 19:24:13 JST [Cluster: wafl_spcd_main: monitor.volume.full:debug]: Volume MDV_aud_XXX@vserver:XXXX is full (using or reserving 98% of space and 0% of inodes).