ARP no longer detects file extensions that it has never been seen before
Applies to
- ONTAP 9 release with fix version of CONTAP-105971
- Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP) or Anti_Ransomware (ARW)
- ONTAP System Manager
Issue
- Autonomous Ransomware Protection no longer detects low-entropy file extensions in System Manager that it has never seen before while EMS raise the ARP event:
callhome.arw.activity.seen: Call-home message for vol1 (UUID: volume-uuid) Vserver-01 (UUID: Vserver-UUID)
- There is no ARP menu under Storage > Volumes > Security > Anti-Ransomware , it displays some gray blank bars.
- ARP report or
security anti-ransomware volume workload-behavior showcan display the detected file extensions. - System Manager REST APIs
/api/storage/volumesfails:
Wed May 28 2025 10:45:59 +09:00 [kern_audit:info:8832]cluster: http :: cluster-mgmt:52791 :: cluster:admin :: GET /api/storage/volumes/vol1_uuid?fields=anti_ransomware%2Canti_ransomware.state%2Cuuid%2Cstate%2Cis_svm_root%2Ctype%2Cstyle%2Csnaplock%2Csvm%2Canti_ransomware.dry_run_start_time%2Canti_ransomware.attack_probability%2C%2C%2C%2Cflexcache_endpoint_type&return_timeout=120 HTTP/1.1 : ["X-Dot-Client-App: SMv4"] :: Error: 502 Proxy Error
MGWDlog shows invalid value included in the report file when response to System Manager REST API/api/storage/volumes:
Wed May 28 2025 10:45:59 +09:00 [kern_mgwd:error:3086] Report file have invalid values: " " [ARW_LOG src/tables/antiransomware/arw_util.cc:748 in 'parse_report_file_line']
