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Error "A relative path must be used for 'Source/Destination' when a volume is specified" during LUN Clone via CLI in ONTAP

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Applies to

  • NetApp ONTAP 9.16.1P7
  • System Manager
  • ONTAP CLI

Issue

  • When using the ONTAP CLI command volume file clone create to clone a LUN from a snapshot, the operation may fail with the following error: 

Error: command failed: A relative path must be used for "Source/Destination" when a volume is specified.

  • This occurs during LUN cloning operations where the source and destination paths are specified incorrectly.
  • No hardware or environmental issues were detected.

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