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Powershell commandlet Remove-NcFile doesn't work in symlink type

blakehal — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:32:45 GMT

THe command Remove-NcFile fails when I try to remove the below link

C:\Windows\System32> Read-NcDirectory u1/shared | ? {$_.Type -eq "symlink"} | Remove-NcFile -Confirm:$false
Remove-NcFile : No such file or directory
At line:1 char:59
+ ... 1/shared | ? {$_.Type -eq "symlink"} | Remove-NcFile -Confirm:$false
+                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:NcController) [Remove-NcFile], EONTAPI_ENOENT
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ApiException,DataONTAP.C.PowerShell.SDK.Cmdlets.File.RemoveNcFile

The symlink exist :

PS C:\Windows\System32> Read-NcDirectory u1/shared | ? {$_.Type -eq "symlink"}

Name                                     Type            Size      Created     Modified Owner Group   Perm Empty
----                                     ----            ----      -------     -------- ----- -----   ---- -----
_Exchange_Insite                         symlink        38 B     27-Sep-17    27-Sep-17     0     0    755

Any idea ?

Thanks

Re: Powershell commandlet Remove-NcFile doesn't work in symlink type

asulliva — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:22:23 GMT

What is the path to the file/symlink that is being passed to the Remove-NcFile cmdlet? Note that it should be "/vol/<volumename>/path/to/symlink".

Andrew

Re: Powershell commandlet Remove-NcFile doesn't work in symlink type

blakehal — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:26:49 GMT

I tried also this syntax :

Remove-NcFile /vol/u1/shared/_Exchange_Insite -VserverContext SVM_BP2I

The issue still there.

Bachir

Re: Powershell commandlet Remove-NcFile doesn't work in symlink type

asulliva — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 16:01:54 GMT

Just to confirm, I tested on my ONTAP 9.1P2 system and didn't experience any issues.

Read-NcDirectory -VserverContext $svmName -Path "/vol/$($volName)" | ?{ $_.Type -eq "symlink" } | %{ Remove-NcFile -VserverContext $svmName -Path "/vol/$($volName)/$($_.Name)" -Confirm:$false }

What version of ONTAP are you using? What user are you connecting to the cluster as? What is the permission style on the volume?

Andrew

Re: Powershell commandlet Remove-NcFile doesn't work in symlink type

blakehal — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:55:09 GMT

Thanks for your replay !

Versions tested : 8.3.2, 9.1 and 9.2

Storage :

vol create -vserver SVM_BP2I -volume data1 -aggregate cOT_demofr_01_SATA -size 1g -security-style ntfs -junction /vol/data1
vol create -vserver SVM_BP2I -volume u1 -aggregate cOT_demofr_01_SATA -size 1g -security-style ntfs -junction /vol/u1
qtree create -vserver SVM_BP2I -volume data1 -qtree _Exchange_Insite -security-style ntfs
qtree create -vserver SVM_BP2I -volume u1 -qtree shared -security-style ntfs
cifs share create -vserver SVM_BP2I -share-name data1 -path /vol/data1
cifs share create -vserver SVM_BP2I -share-name shared -path /vol/u1/shared

cifs share modify -vserver SVM_BP2I -share-name shared -path /vol/u1/shared -symlink-properties read_only,enable
cifs share modify -vserver SVM_BP2I -share-name data1 -path /vol/data1 -symlink-properties read_only,enable

Here a part of the script to create and delete symlink

Create :

new-ncsymlink -target /home/SVM_BP2I/data1/_Exchange_Insite/ -LinkName /vol/u1/shared/_Exchange_Insite

add-nccifssymlink -unixpath /home/SVM_BP2I/data1/_Exchange_Insite/ -cifspath /_Exchange_Insite/ -locality widelink -sharename DATA1 -CifsServer 10.65.180.184

Delete :

Remove-NcCifsSymlink -VserverContext SVM_BP2I -UnixPath /home/SVM_BP2I/data1/_Exchange_Insite/

Remove-NcFile /vol/u1/shared/_Exchange_Insite -VserverContext SVM_BP2I

Bachir