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Event log indicates flexgroup shrinking though autosize is configured to grow only

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Flexgroup

Issue

  • EMS log displays "SHRUNK" events for a flexgroup that is only configured for "GROW" autosize-mode
Time                Node             Severity      Event
------------------- ---------------- ------------- ---------------------------
6/4/2026 15:57:00   node2     NOTICE        fg.member.elastic.sizing: Constituent volume "1411" in FlexGroup volume "test_fg" was resized from 2461401528 blocks to 2460752062 blocks. This constituent volume (test_fg____0002) SHRUNK by resizing the constituent volume "test_fg____0001" (dsid "1392"). This constituent volume is 8064398295040 bytes in size with 2161162715136 bytes used (26 percent full). The FlexGroup volume is 78745997901824 bytes in size with 25735889780736 bytes used (32 percent full).
6/4/2026 15:56:00   node2     NOTICE        fg.member.elastic.sizing: Constituent volume "1415" in FlexGroup volume "test_fg" was resized from 2461464367 blocks to 2462028745 blocks. This constituent volume (test_fg____0006) GREW by resizing the constituent volume "test_fg____0002" (dsid "1411"). This constituent volume is 8064469442560 bytes in size with 2176464486400 bytes used (26 percent full). The FlexGroup volume is 78745997901824 bytes in size with 25733148057600 bytes used (32 percent full).
 
vserver         volume        size    available used   autosize-mode
--------------- ------------- ------- --------- ------ -------------
svm1            test_fg__0001 14.29TB 5.36TB    7.50TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0002 9.17TB  5.37TB    1.97TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0003 9.16TB  5.35TB    1.97TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0004 9.04TB  5.35TB    1.88TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0005 9.33TB  5.36TB    2.11TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0006 9.17TB  5.35TB    1.98TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0007 9.17TB  5.35TB    1.98TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0008 9.24TB  5.35TB    2.04TB grow
svm1            test_fg__0009 9.18TB  5.36TB    1.99TB grow
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