How to increase the maximum number of files for a flexible volume

Applies to

• ONTAP 9
• Flexible Volume (FlexVol)
• Maximum inode count (maxfiles)

Description

This article describes how to increase the maximum number of files (inodes) for a Flexible volume.

• When a volume is out of inodes, ONTAP will emit one or more of the error messages similar to the following:
  • (OUT OF INODES) ERROR - AutoSupport message

Error message: no space left on the device

Error message: file system is out of inodes
wafl.vol.outOfInodes: file system on Volume vol_test1@vserver:vserver_1 is out of inodes because it has reached the maximum number of files

wafl.vol.runningOutOfInodes: The file system on Volume vol1@vserver:20884ed5-68e5-11ea-a757-00a098c4fca2 is using 80 percent or more of the files that can be contained on the volume.

INODE: System/Cluster Notification from filer (OUT OF INODES) ALERT