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Unable to set password for Automatic Configuration Backup

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Applies to

  • Ontap 9
  • Automatic Configuration Backups

Issue

  • Error while setting password for automatic config backup.

NETAPP_CLUSTER::*> system configuration backup settings set-password
Enter the password:
Confirm the password:
Error: command failed: Configuration backup is busy. Wait a few minutes, and
then try the operation again.

  • Manual configuration backup upload successful.
  • MGWD log shows

00000017.0013c56b 002c7bf0 Thu Mar 26 2026 18:00:15 +01:00 [kern_mgwd:info:3806] 0x842d31700: 8003e800000208f3: ERR: config-backup: Unable to remove the configuration backup scratch space (/mroot/etc/backups/.tmp) on node "NODE1" because it is not currently empty.

00000017.0013c56c 002c7bf0 Thu Mar 26 2026 18:00:15 +01:00 [kern_mgwd:info:3806] 0x842d31700: 8003e800000208f3: ERR: config-backup: Failed to clean scratch space of node NODE1: Configuration backup is busy. Wait a few minutes, and then try the operation again.

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