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ONTAP boot.varfs.backup.issue:EMERGENCY unable to obtain exclusive lock error 75

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Applies to

ONTAP 9.14.1

Issue

Message is seen repeatedly in EMS log:

[>node name<: sysctl: boot.varfs.backup.issue:EMERGENCY]: Backup of the /var file system failed (lockf: /tmp/varfs.lock: already locked varfs_backup_restore: unable to obtain exclusive lock, error 75)

 

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