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Decommission procedure is pausing immediately after starting on StorageGRID

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Applies to

  • NetApp StorageGRID 11.8.0.x
  • Decommission of Baremetal storage nodes

Issue

  • A decommission attempt of multiple Baremetal storage nodes is immediately going into a Paused state after starting the procedure.
  • No errors are observed in the Decommission page under Maintenance > Decommission on the StorageGRID UI. 
  • In /var/local/log/gdu-server.log records the following error:

    • E,[2025-08-01T13:35:44.778973 #1815642] ERROR -- gdu-server: Failed to create provisioning repository backup
      E,[2025-08-01T13:35:44.779139 #1815642] ERROR -- gdu-server: Failed to execute shcommand with '/usr/local/bin/gpt-backup-repository --json/tmp/grid-tasks-tmp-XXXXXX-123456 2>&1' on localhost - 1, Copying SAID file to /tmp/grid-tasks-tmp-XXXXXX-123456/GIDXXXXX_REVXX_SAID.zip
      Error while creating provisioning backup: Not enough space.
      Please free up some disk space and try again. 

  • On Primary Admin node, df -h output shows /tmp only ~1% Used space. 

 

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