Microsoft Office Excel 2010 SP2 files are being unexpectedly locked
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Data ONTAP 8 7-Mode
- Microsoft Office 2010 SP2 [Issue may be seen with other versions]
Issue
- The issue is with alternate data streams (ADS) not being closed correctly by the client:
- Client opens filename.xlsx (Share for: read/write/delete)
- Client opens ADS to the same file (Share: NONE)
- Client closes filename.xlsx main handle
- Client forgets to close the ADS handle
- For this reason, the opening of the filename.xlsx with DELETE access mask is denied as expected