NDMP backup randomly fails due to volume cannot be accessed
Applies to
- Data ONTAP 7-Mode
- NDMP backup
Issue
- NDMP Backup on the SnapMirror destination volume randomly fails with the errors below:
2022-11-28 21:02:39 avndmp Error <41872>: [snapup-/vol/vol_dr] Volume: /vol/vol_dr is offline and cannot be accessed.
2022-11-28 21:02:39 avndmp Error <9607>: [snapup-/vol/vol_dr] Nothing to backup. Target list is empty.
ndmpd.log
shows the volume is in a frozen state.
Mon Nov 28 2022 21:00:14 +09:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:9460] [60802] DEBUG: path(/vol/vol_dr) state(frozen) total inodes(0) used inodes(0) total bytes(0) used bytes(0)
Mon Nov 28 2022 21:00:14 +09:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:9460] [60802] DEBUG: fs_info[48] fs_type='WAFL' fs_logical='/vol/vol_dr' fs_physical=''
Mon Nov 28 2022 21:00:14 +09:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:9460] [60802] DEBUG: fs_info[48] total_size=0 (0x0) used_size=0 (0x0) avail_size=0 (0x0) total_inodes=0 (0x0) used_inodes=0 (0x0) fs_status='frozen'