Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

My Multi-AZ file system is in a MISCONFIGURED state

There are a number of potential causes for a file system to be in a MISCONFIGURED state, each with their own resolution, as follows.

The VPC owner account has disabled Multi-AZ VPC sharing

Multi-AZ file systems created by a participant Amazon Web Services account in a shared VPC subnet will go into a MISCONFIGURED state for one of the following reasons:

If the owner account has unshared the VPC subnet, you will see the following message in the console for that file system:

The vpc ID vpc-012345abcde does not exist

You need to contact the owner account that shared the VPC subnet with you to resolve the issue. For more information see Creating FSx for ONTAP file systems in shared subnets for more information.

You can't create a new SVM on a Multi-AZ file system

For Multi-AZ file systems created by a participant Amazon Web Services account in a shared VPC, you will be unable to create a new SVM for one of the following reasons:

You need to contact the owner account that shared the VPC subnet with you to resolve the issue. For more information see Creating FSx for ONTAP file systems in shared subnets for more information.