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Cannot delete an empty bucket that has versioning enabled in ONTAP

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • ONTAP S3 Server
  • S3 versioning

Issue

  • Cannot delete an empty bucket that has versioning enabled or had versioning enabled earlier after all objects have been deleted:
cluster::> vserver object-store-server bucket show -vserver vs1 -bucket bucket1 -fields versioning-state,object-count
vserver  bucket  versioning-state object-count
-------- ------- ---------------- ------------
vs1      bucket1  enabled          0
  • Error message states that the bucket cannot be deleted because it is not empty and even with skip bucket empty check set to true the command fails.
cluster::> vserver object-store-server bucket delete -vserver vs1 -bucket bucket1
Error: command failed: Failed to remove bucket "bucket1" for Vserver "vs1".
       Reason: Cannot delete bucket "bucket1" on Vserver "vs1" because it is 
       not empty. Delete the objects, and then try the operation again. For 
       further assistance, contact technical support.

clus::*> vserver object-store-server bucket delete -vserver S3 -bucket buck1 -skip-bucket-empty-check true
Error: command failed: Failed to remove bucket "buck1" for Vserver "S3". Reason: Cannot delete bucket "buck1" on Vserver
       "S3" because it is not empty. Delete the objects, and then try the operation again. For further assistance, contact technical
       support.
clus::*>

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