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CONTAP-529073: SM-C directory restore fails with "Invalid Argument"

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  • Directory restore from SnapMirror to Cloud failed with the following error:

 
Tue Jul 29 23:01:12 CEST 2025 FileRestoreTransfer[Jul 29 20:02:38]:3093e6e7-6ca6-11f0-8d57-d039ea34ca72 Operation-Uuid=36cceada-6ca6-11f0-8d57-d039ea34ca72 Group=none Operation-Cookie=0 action=Defer source=netappbackupxxxxxx:/objstore/1753812137970 destination=SVM1:RestoreVOL status=Failure message=Transfer failed.(Filesystem error(Invalid argument))
  • Automatic retry sometimes succeeds, but  causes a directory restore performance issue

 

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