Volume efficiency operations do not complete and show the error "Metafile does not exist"
Applies to
Data ONTAP versions 8.3.2 and later.Issue
Volume efficiency (deduplication) operations fail and give the error Metafile does not exist. This can be seen in the following output:
cluster01::> volume efficiency show -vserver svm1 -volume vol1
Vserver Name: svm1
Volume Name: vol1
Volume Path: /vol/vol1
State: Enabled
Status: Idle
Progress: Idle for 01:20:04
Type: Snapvault
Schedule: -
Efficiency Policy Name: -
Blocks Skipped Sharing: 0
Last Operation State: Failure
Last Success Operation Begin: Fri Jul 07 07:32:24 2017
Last Success Operation End: Fri Jul 07 08:28:05 2017
Last Operation Begin: Wed Aug 16 11:22:59 2017
Last Operation End: Wed Aug 16 11:22:59 2017
Last Operation Size: 0B
Last Operation Error: Metafile does not exist
This is most often seen in SnapVault volumes, but can be encountered on any volume with deduplication enabled.