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Upgrade Advisor Warning: NFS mounts

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Applies to

  • Cluster ONTAP Upgrades from 9.6 to later.

Issue

When validating an upgrade of Cluster ONTAP, the ActiveIQ Upgrade Advisor presents the warning:
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Pre-Update Check: NFS Mounts
Error: This cluster is serving NFS clients. If NFS soft mounts are used, there is a possibility of frequent NFS timeouts and race conditions that can lead to data corruption during the upgrade
Advice: Use NFS hard mounts, if possible

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