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CONTAP-414370: boot.varfs.backup.issue events due to no space left on device

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Issue

Configuration backups start to fail on a node die to the no space error:
cluster1::> event log show -message-name boot
Time                Node             Severity      Event
------------------- ---------------- ------------- ---------------------------
2/4/2025 00:15:00   cluster1-02     EMERGENCY     boot.varfs.backup.issue: Backup of the /var file system failed (lockf: cannot open /tmp/varfs.lock: No space left on device
varfs_backup_restore: unable to obtain exclusive lock, error 73)

 

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