ERROR [ControllerUtil] - Make Directory /vol/nfs1/ntap_rcu1406021271753 failed. Unable to find API: file-create-directory (errno=13005)

DOGBOY_2008 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:31:58 GMT

Hi,

We have setup a new NETAPP with VSC4.2.1(before this setup, we had 2 controllers setup), and this time we are using one cluster setup.

however, the script using RCU to clone VMs stopped working on this new setup, with following message:

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) ERROR [ZAPI_LOGGER] - Sent 6354 (and received error) to 10.20.30.100<file-create-directory><path>/vol/nfs1/ntap_rcu1406021271753</path><perm>0755</perm></file-create-directory>

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) ERROR [ZAPI_LOGGER] - NaException netapp.manage.NaAPIFailedException: Unable to find API: file-create-directory (errno=13005)

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) ERROR [ZAPI_ERROR_LOGGER] - Sent 6354 (and received error) to 10.20.30.100<file-create-directory><path>/vol/nfs1/ntap_rcu1406021271753</path><perm>0755</perm></file-create-directory>

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) ERROR [ZAPI_ERROR_LOGGER] - NaException netapp.manage.NaAPIFailedException: Unable to find API: file-create-directory (errno=13005)

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) WARN [ZAPIInvoker] - invokeZAPI(0): failed NtapAdminVServer[getName()=NetApp-Cluster, getId()=de0e5ff0-0e6f-11e4-b99f-123478563412, getVersionGeneration()=8] API failed. Unable to find API: file-create-directory (errno=13005) (called from com.netapp.offtap.ControllerUtil.mkdir(...) on line 7475)

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) ERROR [ControllerUtil] - Make Directory /vol/nfs1/ntap_rcu1406021271753 failed. Unable to find API: file-create-directory (errno=13005)

netapp.manage.NaAPIFailedException: Unable to find API: file-create-directory (errno=13005)

at netapp.manage.NaServer.invokeElem(NaServer.java:711)

at com.netapp.offtap.ZAPIInvoker.invokeFilerBasedZapi(ZAPIInvoker.java:332)

at com.netapp.offtap.ControllerUtil.invokeZAPI(ControllerUtil.java:10091)

at com.netapp.offtap.ControllerUtil.invokeZAPI(ControllerUtil.java:10024)

at com.netapp.offtap.ControllerUtil.mkdir(ControllerUtil.java:7475)

at com.netapp.offtap.ControllerManager.mkdir(ControllerManager.java:2313)

at com.netapp.kamino.server.duplicator.VmCloner.create(VmCloner.java:1398)

at com.netapp.kamino.server.duplicator.VmCloner.createClones(VmCloner.java:341)

at com.netapp.kamino.server.ApiImpl$cloneEngineThread.run(ApiImpl.java:1168)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) DEBUG [VmCloner] - Entering bailOut.

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) DEBUG [VmCloner] - Adding the error message to the taskID queue.2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) DEBUG [VmCloner] - Added the error message to the taskID queue.

2014-07-22 02:27:54,577 (Thread-29957) FATAL [VmCloner] - Error creating directory /vol/nfs1/ntap_rcu1406021271753

And here is the XML for the request:

<requestSpec>

<cloneSpec>

<bootsPerMinute>0</bootsPerMinute>

<clones>

<entry>

<key>PLATFORM-rocao-core-svcs-netapp-test1</key>

<value>

<powerOn>false</powerOn>

</value>

</entry>

</clones>

<containerMoref>ClusterComputeResource:domain-c19</containerMoref>

<destVmFolderMoref>Folder:group-v71179</destVmFolderMoref>

<files>

<destDatastoreSpec>

<controller>

<actuallyOpsMgr>false</actuallyOpsMgr>

<ipAddress>10.20.30.100</ipAddress>

<port>0</port>

<ssl>true</ssl>

<username>admin</username>

</controller>

<mor>Datastore:datastore-70870</mor>

<numDatastores>0</numDatastores>

<storageService>false</storageService>

<thinProvision>false</thinProvision>

<volAutoGrow>false</volAutoGrow>

<wrapperVol>false</wrapperVol>

</destDatastoreSpec>

<sourcePath>Configuration File</sourcePath>

</files>

<files>

<destDatastoreSpec>

<controller>

<actuallyOpsMgr>false</actuallyOpsMgr>

<ipAddress>10.20.30.100</ipAddress>

<port>0</port>

<ssl>true</ssl>

<username>admin</username>

</controller>

<mor>Datastore:datastore-70870</mor>

<numDatastores>0</numDatastores>

<storageService>false</storageService>

<thinProvision>false</thinProvision>

<volAutoGrow>false</volAutoGrow>

<wrapperVol>false</wrapperVol>

</destDatastoreSpec>

<sourcePath>[bnibjvmds3] BJV5-template-V3.5.0-Core-svcs-154-70/BJV5-template-V3.5.0-Core-svcs-154-70.vmdk</sourcePath>

</files>

<memMB>8096</memMB>

<numberCPU>2</numberCPU>

<templateMoref>VirtualMachine:vm-70990</templateMoref>

</cloneSpec>

<serviceUrl>https://10.20.22.1/sdk</serviceUrl>

<vcUser>administrator</vcUser>

</requestSpec>

Can anyone help on this issue?

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