ONTAP ANDU pauses with Volume limits check failed on destination node
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- FAS and AFF Systems
- NAS protocol in use (NFS/CIFS)
- Automated Nondisruptive Upgrade (ANDU)
Issue
- During an ANDU, the process pauses with a message seen on the node that is attempting to giveback the SFO aggregates to the HA partner that has just rebooted with the new ONTAP version:
Thu Jun 23 11:51:59 -0700 [Cluster01-01: cf_giveback: wafl.arl.vol.limitChkFailed:error]: Aggregate 'aggr1': Volume limits check failed on destination node Volume count (1553) exceeds system limit (1000)..
- Partial SFO giveback is observed:
Cluster01::*> aggr show -node Cluster01-01
Aggregate Size Available Used% State #Vols Nodes RAID Status
--------- -------- --------- ----- ------- ------ ---------------- ------------
aggr1 352.1TB 144.7TB 59% online 206 Cluster01-01 raid_tec, normal
aggr2 352.1TB 122.2TB 65% online 347 Cluster01-01 raid_tec, normal
aggr3 352.1TB 143.9TB 59% online 213 Cluster01-01 raid_tec, normal
aggr5 184.1TB 39.22TB 79% online 223 Cluster01-01 raid_tec, normal
- Note the number of volumes for the given-back aggregates = (206+347+213+223) = 989.
- The remaining aggregates still on the HA partner:
aggr4&aggr6had 399 and 401 volumes respectively, both which would exceed the maximum number of volumes for this platform (1000 for the FAS9000/AFF-A700 in this case).