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Failed to create the clone volume Reason: WORM Compliance clock is not running

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Snaplock

Issue

  • Creation of volume clone fails with below error:
volume clone create -flexclone vol_clone -s none -b vol_parent -parent-snapshot snapshot_name
[Job 463945] Job is queued: Create vol_clone
Error: command failed: [Job 463945] Job failed: Failed to create the clone volume on node. Reason: WORM - Compliance clock is not running.
 
  • Snaplock compliance clock initialization also failed with below error.
cluster::>snaplock compliance-clock initialize -node node8
Warning: You are about to initialize the secure ComplianceClock of the node "node8" to the current value of the node's system clock. ComplianceClock reinitialization requires all nodes in the cluster to be healthy, all volumes are in online state, no volumes are present in the volume recovery queue and there are no SnapLock volumes or volumes with "snapshot-locking-enabled" set to true or S3 buckets with object locking enabled. Ensure that the system time is set correctly before proceeding. The current node's system clock is: Thu Jan  9 20:46:04 PST 2025
 
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
 
Error: command failed: ComplianceClock re-initialization failed. ComplianceClock re-initialization requires all nodes in the cluster to be healthy, all volumes are in online state, no volumes are present in the volume recovery queue and there are no SnapLock volumes or volumes with "snapshot-locking-enabled" set to true or S3 buckets with object locking enabled.
  • volume clone creation failing only for volumes residing on one particular node.

 

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