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How to increase the maxdirsize in Data ONTAP 8?

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Applies to

  • Data ONTAP 8 7-Mode
  • Maximum Directory size

Description

When maxdirsize is exceeded in ONTAP, an out of space error (ENOSPC) is issued to the client and an event management system message is triggered. To remediate a directory size issue, a storage administrator must increase the maxdirsize setting or move files out of the directory.

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