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After volume move, moved_parent_temp volume remains and cannot be deleted

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO)
  • Volume move operation
  • FlexClone parent volume

Issue

  • After a volume move operation, an offline TMP volume named moved_parent_temp__xxxxx exists and cannot be deleted:

ontap913::*> volume move start -vserver test2 -volume voltest2 -destination-aggregate agg21 -cutover-action wait

Warning: You are about to move a volume that has clones. The system will leave a temporary copy on the source aggregate until you split or delete these clones. Do you want to
         proceed? {y|n}: y

ontap913::> volume show 
Vserver Volume       Aggregate    State      Type       Size  Available Used%
-------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- -----
test2     moved_parent_temp__1175__4364__voltest2
                       aggr22       offline    TMP       200MB          -     -
test2     voltest2     agg21        online     RW        200MB    88.87MB   53%
test2     voltest2_clone
                       aggr22       online     RW        200MB    189.7MB    0%
  • FlexClone volume associated with the parent was already deleted

ontap913::*> vol delete -vserver test2 -volume  moved_parent_temp__1175__4364__voltest2 -force true
[Job 4442] Job is queued: Delete moved_parent_temp__1175__4364__voltest2.

Error: command failed: [Job 4442] Job failed: Failed to delete volume "moved_parent_temp__1175__4364__voltest2" in Vserver "test2" because it has one or more clones. Only the cluster administrator can delete the clones associated with this volume.

 

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