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Stale file handle error for NFSv3 and NFSV4

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Data ONTAP 7-Mode

Issue

  • A UNIX client reports stale file handle using either NFSv3 or NFSv4
  • A typical message in the client's syslog may look like the following:

message: client [unix]: write on host filer: Stale file handle [file handle: 38c000 f6830500 20000000 4f6f41 52809302 6180000 38c000 f6830500]message: Stale file handle

 

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