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Scheduled and Manual Snapshots fail on a Flexgroup volume

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • FlexGroup

Issue

  • ONTAP cannot take a Snapshot on a FlexGroup volume
  • Even Manual Attempts to create the Snapshot fail
  • The following error message is seen when attempting to create the Snapshot
Fri Sep 03 12:02:20 -0500 [node01: snapd_cmode: wafl.snap.create.skip.reason:error]: flexgroup__0001 03b8ecfa-5767-11eb-8976-d039ea21fadb: Skipping creation of snap.2021-09-03_1202 Snapshot copy (Snapshot creation could not be initiated within ten seconds).

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