Cannot delete clones on fully joined cluster. Reason: Operation is not permitted
Applies to
ONTAP 9.13.1 or higher with a mixed version of ONTAP.
Issue
- After nodes were joined to a mixed version cluster with ONTAP 9.12.1 or lower and ONTAP 9.13.1 or higher.
- Cannot delete clones while logged into the nodes with the new version of ONTAP (9.13.1 or higher).
aff400-2n-rtp-4::*> version *
aff400-rtp-4a:
NetApp Release 9.11.1P8: Fri Apr 07 00:02:50 UTC 2023
aff400-rtp-4b:
NetApp Release 9.13.1P9: Fri Apr 19 17:13:02 UTC 2024
2 entries were displayed.
aff400-2n-rtp-4::*> volume delete -volume vol1_clone -vserver svm1
Warning: Unable to list entries for kernel on node "aff400-rtp-4a": Volume is
offline.
Info: Volume "vol1_clone" in Vserver "svm1" will be marked as deleted and
placed in the volume recovery queue. The space used by the volume will be
recovered only after the retention period of 12 hours has completed. To
recover the space immediately, get the volume name using
(privilege:advanced) "volume recovery-queue show vol1_clone_*" and then
"volume recovery-queue purge -vserver svm1 -volume <volume_name>"
command. To recover the volume use the (privilege:advanced) "volume
recovery-queue recover -vserver svm1 -volume <volume_name>" command.
Warning: Are you sure you want to delete volume "vol1_clone" in Vserver "svm1"
? {y|n}: y
[Job 59] Job is queued: Delete vol1_clone.
Error: command failed: [Job 59] Job failed: Failed to delete volume
"vol1_clone" on Vserver "svm1". Reason: Unable to set attribute
is-pending-delete for volume. Reason: Operation is not permitted.
- Can delete clones while logged into nodes with the older ONTAP versions (9.12.1 or lower).