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Unable to read snapshot NFS volume due to "Stale file handle" error

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9 
  • NFSv3

Issue

  • Error Stale file handle reported when client performs ls or cd to a snapshot of a volume.
[root@centos_client_1 ~]# df -h | grep -i mnt
10.216.41.167:/vol1/.snapshot/snap2  103M  320K  103M   1% /mnt
[root@centos_client_1 mnt]# cd fold2
[root@centos_client_1 fold2]# ls -al
total 24
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Nov  7 16:16 .
drwxrwxrwx. 6 root root 4096 Nov  7 16:16 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov  7 16:16 fl1
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov  7 16:16 fl2
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov  7 16:16 fl3
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov  7 16:16 fl4
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Nov  7 16:16 sf1
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Nov  7 16:16 sf2
 
[root@centos_client_1 fold2]# cd fl1
-bash: cd: fl1: Stale file handle
[root@centos_client_1 fold2]# cd fl4
-bash: cd: fl4: Stale file handle
[root@centos_client_1 fold2]#

 

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