Cannot create a symbolic link on NFS share, it results in Input/Output error.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When creating a symbolic link on a nfs share, an I/O error is reported.
  • Performing normal read/write operations on the share, does not result in similar error.
# ln -s /a/b/c/d/e/test  /a/b/c/d/e/softlink
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/a/b/c/d/e/softlink': Input/output error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (NFS-Client)
  • HPE StoreOnce (NFS-Server)
  • NFSv3

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