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Error "Maximum scans already running" occurs during inactive-data-compression execution

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.8 and later
  • Temperature Sensitive Storage Efficiency (TSSE)

Issue

While the "volume efficiency inactive-data-compression start" command is already being executed for 5 volumes and all these five are in RUNNING state, the execution for the 6th volume fails with the following error：

volume efficiency inactive-data-compression start -vserver XXX -volume XXX
Error: command failed: Failed to start inactive data compression scan on volume "XXX" in Vserver "XXX". Reason: "Maximum scans already running."

 

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