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Cannot create volumes on systems manager, but can create on cli

Divine — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:18:10 GMT

Hi All,

Please, I am unable to create a volume on System Manager. I keep getting the error "data lifs not configured for nfs access on svm". However, on the CLI I don't have any challenges when creating a volume. On system manager, the NFS configuration shows this warning as well "a network interface was not created so the client cannot access nfs service".

Any help?

Re: Cannot create volumes on systems manager, but can create on cli

dawnr — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:16:37 GMT

Part of the volume create workflow in System Manager is granting CIFS or NFS access. To do this, you'll need at least one Data LIF configured for the SVM, and that LIF needs to be enabled/up. This is by design. The CLI will bypass this requirement as you've discovered, because the CLI is command oriented, not workflow oriented. There are no checks to make sure your volume is immediately accessible to clients on the CLI.