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Copy-offload VAAI slow and fallback to host based copy

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Last Updated:
1/31/2025, 2:51:26 PM

Applies to

  • ONTAP
  • VMware vSphere
  • NFS datastore/volumes
  • VAAI

Issue

VAAI clone job are slow  with heavy network traffic observed on the vserver LIF and the ESX interface during the cloning process.
 

Tue Dec 17 14:24:57 [node01: wafl_exempt09: wafl.sis.clone.create.ebusy.failure:debug]: File clone create of clone file from source file in volume vol01 failed with device-busy error. Reason: EBUSY failure with unknown reason.


nleids16000::*> statistics show -object file_operation -counter file_operation  -raw true

Object: file_operation
Instance: node01
Start-time: 12/10/2024 12:30:02
End-time: 12/11/2024 09:34:03
Elapsed-time: 75840s
Scope: node01

   Counter                                                     Value
   -------------------------------- --------------------------------
   error_too_many_jobs                                          6363


 

 

 

 

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