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NFS stale file handle errors on creating new files or directories after hardware issue

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv3

Issue

  • Files can be listed and browsed by an NFS client, but new files or directories can't be created
  • Creating a new file fails with error
[root@hostname nfsmount]# touch filetest
touch: cannot touch `filetest': Stale file handle
  • ONTAP EMS log has error that the volume is marked nvfailed

Tue Aug 24 23:04:21 +0200 [node1: wafl_exempt08: wafl.vol.setting.in.nvfailed.state:error]: Volume vol1@vserver:0a1f9157-e57b-11e3-b6f3-123478561223 is marked as in-nvfailed-state: NVRAM not in sync.
Wed Aug 25 00:00:06 +0200 [node1: statd: wafl.vol.nvfail.recovery.needed:notice]: Volume vol1@vserver:0a1f9157-e57b-11e3-b6f3-123478561223 is marked as in-nvfailed-state. The recovery process needs to be initiated on the volume to recover from the NVFAIL event

  • Nvfailed state is set to true for the volume

cluster::> set advanced

cluster::*> vol show -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 -fields in-nvfailed-state
vserver volume in-nvfailed-state
------- ------ -----------------
vs1    vol1   true

 

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