Isilon OneFS 8.0: SyncIQ initial sync fails with CBM_ALREADY_STUBBED errors
Summary: When there are hard links in the path covered by a SyncIQ policy, the initial sync of that policy can fail at the target cluster with an error indicating a file was already stubbed. (CBM_ALREADY_STUBBED) ...
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Symptoms
When an initial sync of a policy is performed for a policy that contains files with hard links, the policy may fail with an error like the following in the job report:
summary.total.state {token:3} = "failed"
summary.action {token:1} = "sync"
summary.errors.0.msg {token:4} = "(policy name: sync_policy target: 10.11.4.9) SyncIQ
encountered a filesystem error on target cluster. Error at target cluster on node
[isilon-1]: (null), Local error : Error sending cloudpools data: Lin 1:14b2:5fad is
already stubbed: [error code: CBM_ALREADY_STUBBED] from init
(/b/mnt/src/isilon/lib/isi_cpool_bkup/isi_cbm_file_blobber.cpp:1628) from
isi_file_dsession_create (/b/mnt/src/isilon/lib/isi_cpool_bkup/isi_cpool_bkup.cpp:255) "
summary.job_id {token:2} = "644"
The logs contain a message that is similar:
2016-11-29T18:02:30-05:00 <3.7> isilon-1 isi_migrate[1201]: secondary[sync_policy:1480460546]: make_hard_link: adsk.jquery.transition.js->114b25faa analysis_nov30.txt:2016-11-29T18:02:30-05:00 <3.2> isilon-1 isi_migrate[1201]: secondary[sync_policy:1480460546]: Error sending cloudpools data: Lin 1:14b2:5faa is already stubbed: [error code: CBM_ALREADY_STUBBED] from init (/b/mnt/src/isilon/lib/isi_cpool_bkup/isi_cbm_file_blobber.cpp:1628) from isi_file_dsession_create (/b/mnt/src/isilon/lib/isi_cpool_bkup/isi_cpool_bkup.cpp:255) from send_error_and_die (/b/mnt/src/isilon/bin/isi_migrate/sworker/sworker.c:3063)
Cause
This is caused by SyncIQ sending CloudPools stub information about each link for a hard linked file, when it should do this only once.
Resolution
This is fixed in OneFS v8.0.0.4, and a patch is available for OneFS v 8.0.0.2 - Patch-185516.
Affected Products
IsilonArticle Properties
Article Number: 000055007
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 Sept 2025
Version: 4
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