Azure Server Busy Errors and Throttling in Cloud Volumes ONTAP cause upgrade to fail
Applies to
- Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO)
- Microsoft Azure
Issue
- ONTAP upgrade of CVO fails during pre-validation checks pointing to errors with aggregates and with FabricPool objectstores
- Audit Trail shows "Internal server error" as seen below
Jul 19 2025, 7:14:32 pm
Cluster Image Validate
failed
{
"_cluster": "10.X.X.X,10.X.X.X",
"_failure": "There was an internal server error.",
"nodes": null,
"packageVersion": "9.12.1P18"
}- EMS logs
FriJul1810:16:21+0000[CLUSTER1-02:OscHighPriThreadPool:pha.obj.throttle:notice]:PHAObjthrottled109timesontheblob01RootBlob-CLUSTER1inthecontainerblobcontainerduetothe"AZURE_SERVER_BUSY".
