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Input/output error when extracting a large compressed file

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv3

Issue

  • A Linux server connected to a NetApp storage system encountered Input/output error when attempting to extract a large compressed file mounted on the storage’s nas volume
  • The file size is around 32GB
Command:
tar zxvf compressed_file_name.tar.gz
Error:
tar: compressed_file_name/path/file_name: Cannot close: Input/output error
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
  • The storage volume has enough free space and unused inodes
Filesystem              kbytes       used      avail capacity  Mounted on
/vol/vol1/          46589804544 39801160100 6788644444      85%  /vol/nas1/
Filesystem               iused      ifree  %iused  Mounted on
/vol/vol1/            63924081   11075896     85%  /vol/nas1/
  • In the EMS log, there is no error indication on the storage side

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