Application times-out or fails due to client terminating CIFS session
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.4 and later
- SMB2 and later
- Commvault Simpana
Issue
- Commvault Simpana backup times out after upgrading to ONTAP 9.5 with the following errors
[DM_BASE ] Failed to get a media to write the backup data
Windows Error [64], so failing the operation
- The following events can be seen on the client's event log
Microsoft-Windows-SMBClient 30805 None "The client lost its session to the server."
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A perfstat or performance archive shows a performance bottleneck
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Packet traces show that
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The storage controller is not granting further credits
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The client resetting the underlying TCP session
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No evidence of an actual smb2 command outstanding for more than 60 seconds
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