NDMP backup fails with "Backup of non-local Volume...not supported"
Applies to
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 - 9.x
- NDMP Node-Scope mode is enabled
- 7-Mode Transition Tool (7MTT)
Issue
- When attempting to perform a backup, the job fails before any data is transferred, reporting:
Operation terminated: Backup of non-local Volume '/vserver name/volume name/path' not supported (for /vserver name/volume name/path)
- The following sequence may be observed in the
NDMPDlogs
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: DMA>>S V4 sequence=12 (0xc
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: Time_stamp=0x6524bc5d (Oct 10 13:52:13 2023)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: message type=0 (NDMP4_MESSAGE_REQUEST)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: message_code=0x401 (NDMP4_DATA_START_BACKUP)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: reply_sequence=0 (0x0)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: error_code=0 (NDMP4_NO_ERR)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: butype_name= 'dump'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env_len=6 (0x6)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env[0] name='TYPE' value='dump'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env[1] name='FILESYSTEM' value='<path>'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env[2] name='PREFIX' value='<path>'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env[3] name='LEVEL' value='0'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env[4] name='HIST' value='y'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: env[5] name='UPDATE' value='y'
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] ERROR: Backup/Restore of non-local Volume '<path>' not supported
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: cb_ndmp4_data_start_backup: here
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: DMA<<S V4 sequence=15 (0xf)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: Time_stamp=0x6524c025 (Oct 10 14:08:21 2023)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: message type=1 (NDMP4_MESSAGE_REPLY)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: message_code=0x401 (NDMP4_DATA_START_BACKUP)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: reply_sequence=12 (0xc)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] DEBUG: error_code=0 (NDMP4_NO_ERR)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] INFO: DATA: received ABORT command (-0:16:09)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] INFO: DATA: requesting D-Blade backup ABORT (-0:16:09)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] INFO: DATA notification state 0 (SESS_STATE: IDLE) event 10 (EVENT: STATE CHANGE) (-0:16:09)
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] ERROR: DATA: Operation terminated.
[kern_ndmpd:info:6626] [86123] INFO: DATA: received STOP command (-0:16:08)
- The backup that is now failing may have worked in the past.
- Clients are still able to access the data via NAS protocols (NFS, CIFS,) but backup via NDMP protocol fails.