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Error "Device attached to the system is not functioning" seen in the backup application log on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.5
  • Named pipe
  • IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Issue

Not able to perform operation on the UNIX FIFO files - named pipe files in the CIFS share
Error is seen in the application log of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager :
 
Received Win32 RC 31 (0x0000001f) from GetBackupStreamSize(): uc_CreateFile. Error description: A device attached to the system is not functioning.
 
 
This is the Windows error if file copy is performed:
 
named_pipe_ONTAP_9_5.png
 
This is how that file looks from the NFS client:
 
bash-3.2# ls -la
total 24
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  4096 Oct 16 09:00 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  4096 Oct 15 12:21 ..
drwxrwxrwx  9 root  wheel  4096 Oct 16 08:05 .snapshot
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0 Oct 16 08:59 1
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0 Oct 16 08:59 file
prw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0 Oct 16 09:00 test
 
 

 

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