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Allocated count of files higher than current set max count

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Applies to

ONTAP 9

Issue

An error similar to the below is seen when trying to increase file/inode count on a  FlexGroup volume:
 
::*> volume modify -volume fgvol1 -files 250000000 -vserver svm1
[Job 9389] Job is queued: Modify fgvol1.

Error: command failed: [Job 9389] Job failed: Unable to set volume attribute "files" for volume "fgvol1" on Vserver "svm1". Reason: New count must be larger than
       current allocated count of inodes 796917704 provisione

 

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