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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you for the suggestion
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Was this option suggested to close open files ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The issue is a directory not files.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi Paul,</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F">From: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"Paul Ward" <<a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk">p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</a>></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F">Date: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">02/21/2022 07:31 AM</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">HI, I have a folder that I cant delete. IAM mode non-compliant It is empty: file name: Nick Foster's sample/ metadata replication: 2 max 2 ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</span><br>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">HI,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have a folder that I cant delete.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IAM mode non-compliant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It is empty:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">file name: Nick Foster's sample/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">metadata replication: 2 max 2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">immutable: yes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">appendOnly: no</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">indefiniteRetention: no</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">expiration Time: Thu Jan 9 23:10:25 2020</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">flags:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">storage pool name: system</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">fileset name: bulk-fset</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">snapshot name:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">creation time: Sat Jan 9 04:44:16 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Misc attributes: DIRECTORY READONLY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Encrypted: no</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Try and turn off immutability:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mmchattr -i no "Nick Foster's sample"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nick Foster's sample: Change immutable flag failed: Operation not permitted.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can not set immutable or appendOnly flag to No and indefiniteRetention flag to Unchanged, Permission denied!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So cant leave it unchanged
Tried setting indefiniteRetention no and yes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mmchattr -i no --indefinite-retention no "Nick Foster's sample"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nick Foster's sample: Change immutable, enforceRetention flags failed: Operation not permitted.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can not set immutable or appendOnly flag to No and indefiniteRetention flag to No, Permission denied!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mmchattr -i no --indefinite-retention yes "Nick Foster's sample"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nick Foster's sample: Change immutable, enforceRetention flags failed: Operation not permitted.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can not set immutable or appendOnly flag to No and indefiniteRetention flag to Yes, Permission denied!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any ideas?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kindest regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paul</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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