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Unable to delete inaccessible directory

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Asynchronous delete
  • NTFS

Issue

  • Unable to delete/restore inaccessible directory with NTFS security style
  • After running the command:

volume file async-delete start -vserver svm1_cluster1 -volume vol1 -path "/Directory/Subdirectory"

  • Event log shows a spider* error:

cluster1::*> event log show -message spider*
Time                Node             Severity    Event
------------------- ---------------- ----------- --------------------------
12/21/2021 11:06:32 cluster1-01      ALERT       spider.message.fail: Volume 1027 failed to perform directory task {task                                                  0:1 emptyfh#0->fgi0.17389} because of error 102 at spi_finish_task.cc:320.

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