NDMP Backups Failing on a Mixed-Version Cluster During ONTAP Upgrade

Last updated
Save as PDF
Share
1. Share
2. Tweet
3. Share

Views:: 118

Visibility:: Public

Votes:: 0

Category:: ndmp

Specialty:: dp

Last Updated:

Applies to

ONTAP 9
NDMP
ONTAP upgrade
Automatic Non-Disruptive Upgrade (ANDU)

Issue

NDMP backups are failing during an ONTAP upgrade when some nodes are running ONTAP 9.X, while others are still on ONTAP 9.Y.
The NDMP logs indicate the following errors:

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345] DEBUG: DMA<<S V4 sequence=15 (0xf)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345]  DEBUG:      Time_stamp=0x684e45b4 (Jun 15 06:01:56 2025)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345] DEBUG: message type=1 (NDMP4_MESSAGE_REPLY)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345]  DEBUG:      message_code=0x401 (NDMP4_DATA_START_BACKUP)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345] DEBUG: reply_sequence=13 (0xd)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345] DEBUG: error_code=0 (NDMP4_NO_ERR)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345] ERROR: Automated ANDU upgrade is in progress

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345]  ERROR: DATA: Operation terminated: backup start request failure (1) on error: NDMPD does not support operation (for /SVM1/vol1/)

Sun Jun 15 2025 06:01:56 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:7422] [12345] INFO: DATA: received STOP command