SnapCenter RDM creation fails with "Failed to create windows file system"
Applies to
- SnapCenter (SC)
- SnapCenter plug-in for Windows (SCW)
- SnapCenter plug-in for VMware vSphere (SCV)
Issue
- When creating a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) for a host, the 'New-SDStorage' PowerShell cmdlet fails with :
Failed to create windows file system
and
Failed to get disk information [<Lun Serial #>]. Please check if there is SAN connectivity between the host/hypervisor and storage controller.
- This is accompanied by errors in the SCW job logs like:
[Timestamp] Error SDW PID=[XXXX] TID=[XXXX] Error: RDM can be provisioned only on guest Operating systems based on Esx
[Timestamp] Error SDW PID=[XXXX] TID=[XXXX] Map virtual disk failed
[Timestamp] Verbose SDW PID=[XXXX] TID=[XXXX] task: Rescanning host bus status: Failed message: Error: RDM can be provisioned only on guest Operating systems based on Esx