FlexGroup rebalancing doesn't move files
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.12.1
- FlexGroup Rebalancing
Issue
Volume rebalance starts but no progress
::*> volume rebalance show -vserver svm1
Vserver: svm1
Target Imbalance
Volume State Total Used Snapshots Used Size %
----------- -------------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -----
svm1 rebalancing 300TB 41.09TB 1.86TB - 18.85TB 45%
svm1____0001 scanning 60TB 27.07TB 741.4GB 8.22TB 18.85TB 229%
svm1____0002 idle 60TB 3.58TB 281.6GB 8.22TB -4.64TB -56%
svm1____0003 idle 60TB 3.07TB 187.8GB 8.22TB -5.14TB -62%
svm1____0004 idle 60TB 4.19TB 361.0GB 8.22TB -4.03TB -49%
svm1____0005 idle 60TB 3.18TB 334.4GB 8.22TB -5.04TB -61%From the VOLUME-REBALANCE.XML in ASUP we see a lot small files are skipped.
Same can be checked with
volume rebalance show and volume rebalance show -instance -volume svm1____0001