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Clone failure due to "Operation Not Permitted"

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Applies to

  • SnapCenter 6.1P1
  • Oracle Plugin for Linux

Issue

Remote cloning operations using SnapCenter are failing with permission errors. The operation attempts to change ownership and permissions on data files but results in "Operation not permitted" errors. Below is an example of the log output related to the issue:

 

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2025-07-23T14:05:41.0000034-07:00 DEBUG ExecutionMonitorThread [sudo /opt/NetApp/snapcenter/spl/bin/sc_command_executor oracle "chown oracle:oinstall '/migplan/oradata/migplan/datafile/migtst/datafile/kancard.257.1124793689'"] c.n.c.e.ShellResult-EXE-00001: Shell result [00:00:00.218] (Exit Value: 1): S-N-A-P-C-E-N-T-E-R

chown: changing ownership of '/migplan/oradata/migplan/datafile/migtst/datafile/kancard.257.1124793689': Operation not permitted

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