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EMS message : wafl.watch.cache.limit.near

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.10.1 and later
  • Server Message Block (SMB)
  • Change Notify (CN)

Issue

ONTAP logs the below EMS message

Sat Apr 23 10:57:00 +0200 [cluster-02: wafl_exempt07: wafl.watch.cache.limit.near:error]: Size of "change notify" requests in inode cache pool: 83886080, approaching the size limit: 104857600

 

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