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"Disk is not a file system disk" occurs when failing a disk

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ONTAP 9

Issue

The storage disk fail command fails on the spare disk.
 
Example:
 
::> storage disk fail -disk 1.0.16 -i true
 
Warning: The system will not copy contents of the disk to a replacement before failing the disk. Do you want to fail out the disk immediately? {y|n}: y
 
Error: command failed: Failed to fail the disk. Reason: Disk is not a file system disk.

 

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