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Error when creating a junction path: /vol/volname or mounting a volume to the path: /vol/volname

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SnapMirror

Issue

This error can occur in either of these scenarios -- Choose the scenario that is the closest match:


Volume create/mount

Creating a volume with a junction path /vol/volname , or mounting a volume to a junction /vol/volname, results in the error failed to create or determine if a junction exists...

Example:
cluster1::*> volume mount -vserver vol -volume vol1 -junction-path /vol/vol1

Queued private job: 588
Error: command failed: Failed to create or determine if a junction exists
       within volume 'root_vol'. Error occurred with the remaining junction
       path of '/vol/vol1' for the given path of '/vol/vol1'  Reason:
       Junction create failed (2).

Note: Creating or mounting junctions to /volname works fine.

-OR-

SVM-DR initialization fails with the error

Last Transfer Error: Failed to apply the source Vserver configuration. Reason: Apply failed for Object: root_direct_mounts Method: baseline. Reason: Failed to create or determine if a junction exists within volume "dst_SVM_Root_Vol". Error occurred with the remaining junction path of "/vol/dst_vol" for the given path of "/vol/dst_vol"  Reason: Junction create failed (2).
Execute "snapmirror show -destination-vserver dst_svm -fields last-transfer-error,unhealthy-reason -expand" to check if the constituent volumes have encountered errors.

 

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