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StorageGRID decommission paused at erasure coded data due to lack of nodes in storage grade

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Applies to

  • NetApp StorageGRID
  • Storage Grades
  • Multiple Storage Pools

Issue

  • Decommission pauses at Decommissioning erasure coded data even after resuming.
  • Decommission page within StorageGRID Grid Manager shows:

Storage Node decommission can't complete. Ensure all nodes are running and connected. Then, review all erasure-coding profiles in use to ensure they can still be fulfilled, update the ILM policy and try again. For details about this error, check bycast.log.

or

Decommissioning  procedure has been paused. Select Resume to resume the procedure. While this procedure is paused, ILM evaluation (data migration) will continue to run in the background

  • All nodes are online.
  • bycast.log shows:

Jul  3 10:02:06 NODE1-001 ADE: |18731625 1856771523 GTIN DSAN 2026-07-03T10:02:06.782132| NOTICE   0281 3699e27ffabb3e69 GTIN: Sending TSRP for STAT= PAUS , Message =  {OID='2.16.124.113590.3.0.4.5.39','The Storage Node decommission cannot complete. Ensure all nodes are running and connected. Then, review all Erasure Coding profiles in use to ensure they can still be fulfilled. As required, update the ILM policy and try again. For details about this error, check bycast.log.'} , TS =  1783061812928100

  • bycast-err.log might show:

Dec 11 01:50:04 <EC LEADER STORAGE NODE> ADE: |21492339 1911197277 ECPL SQRT 2024-12-11T01:50:04.826868| ERROR    0100 ECPL: Placement request failed due to: Unable to find alternative for 1 out of 1 chunk service(s).

  • Nodes to be decommissioned are part of an unused EC Profile.

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