Volume move stuck in preparing phase
Applies to
ONTAP 9
Issue
While performing volume moves from multiple nodes to a singular new node, volume moves from a specific node sit in "preparing" phase
Example:
::*> vol move show -instance Vserver Name: vserver1 Volume Name: volume1 Volume Instance UUID: 8e9242dc-a76e-11eb-a616-a50d56865251 Actual Completion Time: - Bytes Remaining: - Bytes Sent: - Status Code: - Completion String: - Specified Action For Cutover: retry_on_failure Specified Cutover Attempts: 3 Specified Cutover Time Window: 30 Time User Triggered Cutover: - Time Move Job Last Entered Cutover: - Cutovers Attempted: 0 Times Cutover Hard Deferred: 0 Times Cutover Soft Deferred: 0 Destination Aggregate: aggr1 Destination Node: Node2 Detailed Status: Volume move job preparing transfer Error: The aggregate is currently busy with another operation. Retry the command later. Estimated Time of Completion: - Internal Progress of Move: Volume move job preparing transfer Actual State of Job: PrepareTransfer