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Diagnose and correct ONTAP file access issues with System Manager

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Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, you can trace and view file access concerns.

Steps

  1. In System Manager, select Storage > Storage VMs.

  2. Select the storage VM on which you want to perform a trace.

  3. Click Menu options icon More.

  4. Click Trace File Access.

  5. Provide the user name and client IP address, then click Start Tracing.

    The trace results are displayed in a table. The Reasons column provides the reason why a file could not be accessed.

  6. Click Dropdown icon in the left column of the results table to view the file access permissions.