MDV volume cannot be deleted: This operation is not supported for the system volume
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS Auditing
Issue
- When attempting to delete an MDV_aud volume, the following error is seen:
cluster::> vol delete -vserver vserver -volume MDV_aud_xxxxxx
Error: command failed: This operation is not supported for the system volume "MDV_aud_xxxxxx".
- It is also seen in "debug vreport show" command:
cluster::*> debug vreport show
volume Differences:
Name Reason Attributes
-------- ------- ---------------------------------------------------
cluster:MDV_aud_xxxxxx
Present in VLDB and WAFL node not reachable
Node Name: unknown