# Error when executing "qiime tools import" script on a server

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-when-executing-qiime-tools-import-script-on-a-server/7790
**Category:** User Support
**Created:** [January 11, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-when-executing-qiime-tools-import-script-on-a-server/7790 "2019-01-11T13:59:39Z")
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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-when-executing-qiime-tools-import-script-on-a-server/7790/2 "2019-01-11T21:41:41Z")

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Hi there @mbx! I think we have seen a similar error before on certain configurations of network-mounted drivers:

> [@\[ErrNo 17\] file exists during classify](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/errno-17-file-exists-during-classify/6554/9):
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> Hey there @mingala! It looks like /nas1 is a network-mounted NFS drive: My guess is that there is a driver or compatibility error happening here - it looks like the filesystem (and its metadata) is temporarily in an inconsistent state. This would be a good one to send towards your cluster sysadmin, they might have some ideas. I don't think this is a QIIME 2 error at this point, I think this has to do with the filesystem (either the local mount, or maybe on the NFS server...). Please keep us …

Any chance this applies to your situation?

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