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Unable to mount NTFS volume via NFS due to "Invalid argument" error

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS
  • NTFS security style

Issue

  • NFS clients encounters Invalid argument and Protocol not supported when attempting to mount a volume
  • The volume is NTFS security style
  • The specific version of NFS is enabled on the NFS server settings
  • SMB clients are able to access the volume without issue
  • The SVM-level ntfs-unix-security-ops setting is set to ignore

 

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