Hi

I vaguely recall seeing something similar and in that case there was an inconsistent inode in the source directory.  It is therefore probably worth doing a wafliron on the source directory:

filer>priv set advanced
filer*>vol wafliron start volname
filer*>priv set
filer>

cheers
Kenneth Heal
Storage Consultant
Senet Eindhoven bv

> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:34:13 -0400
> From: letta@jlab.org
> To: toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: ndmpcopy failure "RESTORE: File creation failed"
>
> Hello,
> I have a new filer running 7.2.2. I am using ndmpcopy from the
> command line of the new filer to copy a directory (not a whole volume)
> from an old filer running 7.1.1.1. Many of the directories I am moving
> are fine, but at least one (so far) has produced some errors while the
> ndmpcopy was running:
>
>
> Ndmpcopy: cfs1: Log: RESTORE: File creation failed: ...(258720)
>
> The ndmpcopy runs and finishes without error. The ndmpdcopy of one of
> these directories had 179 of these failures.
>
> Ndmpcopy: old: Log: DUMP: 124480831 KB
> Ndmpcopy: new: Log: RESTORE: RESTORE IS DONE
> Ndmpcopy: new:newcfs1: Notify: restore successful
> Ndmpcopy: old: Log: DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
> Ndmpcopy: old: Log: DUMP: Deleting
> "/vol/vol1/../snapshot_for_backup.234" snapshot.
>
>
> I then turned on ndmpd debug to 70 and ran it again. This time each of
> the failed files had a similar segment of errors like this:
>
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Message NDMP_LOG_MESSAGE sent
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Message Header:
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Sequence 22
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Timestamp 1184183769
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Msgtype 0
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Method 1539
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: ReplySequence 0
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Error NDMP_NO_ERR
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Log type: 0
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Message id: 0
> Jul 11 15:56:09 EDT [ndmpd:10]: Log message: RESTORE: File creation
> failed: ...(258729)
> Ndmpcopy: new: Log: RESTORE: File creation failed: ...(258729)
>
> The new filer is empty and the destination volume is a big flexvol. The
> source directory (qtree) is in a traditional volume.
>
>
> I have opened a case, but nothing back yet. Anyone ever see this before ?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul

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