vestal flame
ONTAP Image validation fails saying disable writeback on flexcache to upgrade the cluster but there is no writeback enabled on the cluster.
Any way to overcome this, all suggestions say to delete the flexcache and recreate which is not an ideal solution considering the fact that the flexcache setup is already done and into production.
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From what version to what version are you upgrading?
vestal flame
9.14 to 9.15
chilly badge
can you do a volume flexcache config show -fields is-writeback-enabled?
jovial river
This should only be showing if the tech preview of FlexCache writeback in ONTAP 9.12.1 was enabled. Maybe a test volume somewhere?
chilly badge
ywah that's what I was suspecting 🙂
vestal flame
I could see that writeback-enabled parameter is false
vestal flame
flexcache config show -instance (volume flexcache config show) Vserver Name: svm Cache Volume Name: vol Is CIFS Access Enabled: true Is NFSv4 Access Enabled: true Is Writeback Enabled: false Is Relative Sizing Enabled: false Relative FlexCache Size Percentage: 10 Is atime based Scrubbing Enabled/Disabled: - Days after which an inactive file is scrubbed: - Is CIFS CHANGE_NOTIFY Enabled/Disabled: false Vserver Name: svm Cache Volume Name: vol_j Is CIFS Access Enabled: true Is NFSv4 Access Enabled: true Is Writeback Enabled: false Is Relative Sizing Enabled: false Relative FlexCache Size Percentage: 10 Is atime based Scrubbing Enabled/Disabled: false Days after which an inactive file is scrubbed: 30 Is CIFS CHANGE_NOTIFY Enabled/Disabled: false Vserver Name: svm Cache Volume Name: vol_k Is CIFS Access Enabled: true Is NFSv4 Access Enabled: true Is Writeback Enabled: false Is Relative Sizing Enabled: false Relative FlexCache Size Percentage: 10 Is atime based Scrubbing Enabled/Disabled: false Days after which an inactive file is scrubbed: 30 Is CIFS CHANGE_NOTIFY Enabled/Disabled: false
vast breach
You need to check that on the cluster which holds the cache-volume (if there is any).
chilly badge
I vaguely remember there being some caveat when transitioning from the preview FlexCache writeback to the new one ... but I thought just disabling writeback would be enough
vast breach
flexcache config show -instance (volume flexcache config show) Vserver Name: svm...
Can you put this into code blocks with markdown this is really hard to read: https://gist.github.com/matthewzring/9f7bbfd102003963f9be7dbcf7d40e51#code-blocks
Try updating to 9.14.1P8 first, I remember some FlexCache bug but in combination with SMV-DR and identity-preserve.
vestal flame
I checked the cache cluster and writeback is disabled there too.
vestal flame
Try updating to 9.14.1P8 first, I remember some FlexCache bug but in combination...
We are getting this error while doing the image validation preventing ONTAP upgrade
chilly badge
do you maybe have other clusters peered for FlexCache that you're not (actively) using anymore?
vast breach
We are getting this error while doing the image validation preventing ONTAP upg...
Yes, but can you upload the 9.14.1P8 image and check if you get the same issue during validation?
vestal flame
Let me test that and get back to you
