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Inactive data compression may cause the system to be low memory state

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Applies to

ONTAP 9.13.1 through 9.13.1P3

Issue

  • System reboots unexpectedly with a message similar to one of following :

Process mgwd unresponsive for X seconds (mgwd startup: "(X)") in process nodewatchdog on release 9.13 (C)

Failover Monitor: unable to transit - takeover process is hung (wafl) in SK process cf_main on release 9.13.1P2 (C)

Process bcomd unresponsive for 210 seconds in process nodewatchdog on release 9.13.1 (C)

  • Prior to the unexpected reboot, it is possible to see low WAFL memory alert

    Thu Jun 01 00:01:00 +0000 [cluster-01: wafl_ise_se_proc_1: wafl.memory.statusVeryLowMemory:alert]: WAFL is running very low on memory, with 2221MB remaining.

 

 

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