Unrecoverable metadata block file panic after powering on repurposed AFF system
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- All Flash Array (AFF) with SSDs based on NAND flash memory
Issue
- System was decommisioned and put into storage for more than three months
- After power on at new location multiple disks fail and one node fails to boot with panic:
PANIC: Unrecoverable metadata block (file 15023, block 41013527, fbn 27650048, level 1, file type 16) in aggregate aggr1.WAFL inconsistent. Contact NetApp technical support. in SK process wafl_exempt00 on release 9.11.1P8 (C) on Thu Jun 27 07:56:46 GMT