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CONTAP-645475: Unable to disable Anti-ransomware protection

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  • Executing the command to disable ARP for the volume failed with an error message stating that the anti-ransomware protection operation cannot be performed because the volume is in the initializing state.

Tue Jun 09 2026 18:04:01 +00:00 [kern_audit:info:6283] xxxx :: FsxId0x:ssh :: x.x.x.x:64913 :: FsxId0x:xxxx:fsxadmin :: security anti-ransomware volume pause -vserver testvserver -volume testvol :: Pending 
Tue Jun 09 2026 18:04:02 +00:00 [kern_audit:info:6283] xxxx :: FsxId0x:ssh :: x.x.x.x:64913 :: FsxId0x:xxxx:fsxadmin :: security anti-ransomware volume pause -vserver testvserver -volume testvol :: Error: Failed to pause anti-ransomware on volume "testvol" in Vserver "testvserver". Reason: Unable to set volume attribute "anti-ransomware-state" for volume "testvol" on Vserver "testvserver". Reason: Failed to pause anti-ransomware protection on the volume.
  • Running command to clear ARP attack did not resolve the issue.
    security anti-ransomware volume attack clear-suspect -vserver testvserver -volume testvol -false-positive true
  • ARP snapshot deletion blocked due to "moderate" attack probability

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