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Root volume migration failed as a foreign root aggregate existed on the disks already

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Root volume migration
  • Foreign aggregate

Issue

The following error is observed with both aggregates claiming to be root:
 
raid.assim.tree.multipleRootVols: Volume aggr0_cluster1-01 and volume new_root both claim to be the root volume.
 
The root volume job also fails:
 
job show -id 331480 -instance
 
                      Job ID: 331480
              Owning Vserver: svm1
  Name: Migrate root aggregate
                 Description: Root aggregate migration job for node cluster1-01
 Priority: High
                        Node: cluster1-01
                    Affinity: Cluster
                    Schedule: @now
                Queue Time: 05/22 11:26:38
                  Start Time: 05/22 11:26:38
                    End Time: 05/22 12:06:38
              Drop-dead Time: -
                  Restarted?: false
                       State: Failure
 Status Code: 1
           Completion String: Timeout: Operation "copy_root_volume_contents_iterator::create_imp()" took longer than 600 seconds to complete [from mgwd on node "cluster1-01" (VSID: -3) to mgwd at 169.254.35.225]
                    Job Type: NDO Migrate Root
                Job Category: Non Disruptive Operation
          Execution Progress: Complete: Timeout: Operation "copy_root_volume_contents_iterator::create_imp()" took longer than 600 seconds to complete [from mgwd on node "cluster1-01" (VSID: -3) to mgwd at 169.254.35.225] [1]
                   User Name: admin
Restart Is Delayed by Module: -

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