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"Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

lornedornak — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:34:57 GMT

After upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1, we receive the following when executing the "Clone Volume" command.

10:37:44.436 INFO [Clone volume] ### Command 'Clone volume' in 'POWER_SHELL' ###

10:37:46.608 INFO [Clone volume] Get-WfaCredentials -Host clus1

10:37:46.639 INFO [Clone volume] Credentials successfully provided for 'clus1'

10:37:46.671 INFO [Clone volume] Connect-Controller -Type CLUSTER -Name clus1 -Credential System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -Vserver

10:37:46.749 INFO [Clone volume] Connect-NcController (with credentials) -Name clus1 -Timeout 60000 -ErrorAction Stop

10:37:49.030 INFO [Clone volume] Connected to cluster node

10:37:49.921 INFO [Clone volume] Create a clone for Volume 'vol1' , named 'vol2' on Storage Virtual Machine 'clus1v01'

10:37:49.968 ERROR [Clone volume]

| This cmdlet must be directed to a data vserver. You are currently connected |

| to the cluster admin vserver. See the Toolkit web docs (Show-NcHelp) or online |

| help (Get-Help Connect-NcController -Examples) to learn more about directing |

| Toolkit cmdlets to a cluster or data vserver as required by Data ONTAP. |

10:37:50.077 ERROR [Clone volume] Command failed for Workflow 'Workflow' with error :

| This cmdlet must be directed to a data vserver. You are currently connected |

| to the cluster admin vserver. See the Toolkit web docs (Show-NcHelp) or online |

| help (Get-Help Connect-NcController -Examples) to learn more about directing |

| Toolkit cmdlets to a cluster or data vserver as required by Data ONTAP. |

10:37:50.077 INFO [Clone volume] ***** Workflow Execution Failed *****

In the above output, the -Vserver value is missing from the following:

10:37:46.671 INFO [Clone volume] Connect-Controller -Type CLUSTER -Name clus1 -Credential System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -Vserver

To workaround, I modified the following code line in the "Clone Volume" command as follows:

Before:

Connect-WfaCluster -Node $Cluster

After:

Connect-WfaCluster -Node $Cluster -Vserver $VserverName

Of course, this is not ideal, because it's still broken if you use $ParentVserver

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

sinhaa — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 08:10:07 GMT

@lornedornak

I tried the command with the mandatory parameters on ONTAP 8.4.0 and it worked for me.

Are you still getting the error?

To debug further, please provide the following info.

1. Ontap version

2. Screen shot of the command Test. I want to see which all parameters are you using.

sinhaa

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

lornedornak — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:50:39 GMT

@sinhaa

Ontap Version: 8.3.2p5

Screen shot:

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

sinhaa — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:09:53 GMT

@lornedornak

This is being looked into. I'll update you on this.

sinhaa

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

James_Castro — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:06:37 GMT

any updates yet?

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

jauling_chou — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:56:09 GMT

This bug is also present in WFA 4.0.0.0.0 build 3858982. Since we dont use parent vserver, the workaround is fine for us. Adding the "-Vserver $VserverName" in the PowerShell code was necessary for us to talk to ONTAP 8.2 and 8.3 clusters.

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

James_Castro — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:03:49 GMT

FYI to others...we use WFA4.0, OCUM 7.1, CDOT 8.2 and 8.3. Had to modify the 'Clone Volume' command and add the [-Vserver $VserverName] switch to the powershell code (highlighted in the screenshot below). Since you can't modify a signed command you have to hit "save as" and rename it. You'll then need to replace the command in your workflow. I'm hoping to test on 9.1 soon.

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

sinhaa — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 03:51:14 GMT

@James_Castro @jauling_chou @lornedornak

This bug appeared due to change in DataONTAP PSTK module which WFA powershell commands use. This is being fixed and will be available on NetApp Automation Store very soon.

You would need to download and import the latest cdot pack.

I'l update this post as soon as its done.

till then your inconvenience is regretted.

sinhaa

Re: "Clone Volume" command fails after upgrading to WFA 4.1.0.0.1RC1

GaurabBanerjee — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 03:52:21 GMT

Cmdlet used in the Clone Volume command is acting in the controller contest, and when we pass junction path as a parameter, it should work in the Vserver contest, presently which command is not able to handle .

The fact, the ZAPI/Cmdlet used in the Clone Volume command can act on both the contexts, vserver as well as cluster(controller).

This command has been used in the SVM_DR pack as well where that should work on cluster context when user will pass the parent vserver name ($ParentVserver).

We have already fixed this issue and it’s in review, it will be part of 1.2.2 pack.