XCP copy fails with reasion Files were modified deleted while copy was in progress
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- XCP NFS 1.9.4P1
- Live source
Issue
- The source volume was live,users were continuously accessing and modifying data on the volume
- XCP NFS has supported live sources since version 1.7
- The XCP copy operation failed while migrating a large volume from third-party storage to NetApp storage
XCP log:2025-10-24 16:30:02,538 - INFO - 417081 xcp xcp Command: copy {-loglevel: 'debug', -newid: '202501024_copy'}...2025-11-01 01:15:16,389 - INFO - 417081 xcp xcp Unreadable dirs : 190, Unreadable files : 1280, Files modified while reading : 690, Files deleted while reading : 590, Total hardlinks of skipped files : 02025-11-01 01:15:16,390 - INFO - 417081 xcp xcpSkipped summary : 690 files were being modified while reading and 590 files were deleted while reading
Reason for skipping :* Files were modified/deleted while copy was in progress.Corrective action : Since source data was modified during copy operation, run sync command for incremental changes.Please check Job_202501024_copy_2025-10-24_16.30.02.250360_copy.log file to get details on skipped files.
2025-11-01 01:15:16,390 - INFO - 417081 xcp xcp 368 retries, 84064897 scanned, 84045217 copied, 18153 linked, 84064648 indexed, 121930 giants, 190 errors, 678 TiB in (1.09 GiB/s), 678 TiB out (1.09 GiB/s), 7d8h.2025-11-01 01:15:16,390 - INFO - 417081 xcp xcp Command has failed
