NFS share is 100% full, rm and mv commands give error "no space left on device".

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Issue

  • I have a RHEL client connected to an NFS share on a NetApp filer, and the partition is 100% full.
  • When I try to use rm -rf and mv or cp commands, I get an error:
no space left on device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • NetApp filer

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