ESXi host lost access to volume after changed Host Port Alias
Applies to
- E-Series
- ESXi
- Direct FC connection
Issue
- Changed Host Port Alias for HBA(s) of a ESXi host on Storage Manager;
- Access to volumes of the array from the ESXi host lost, the associated Datastore appears 0 byte in capacity:
- "Marking port lost" error associated with the HBA like below seen in ESXi kernel.log:
2020-06-26T06:11:02.044Z cpu0:65627)qlnativefc: vmhba3(15:0.0): Marking port lost loopid=0000 portid=0000ef.
2020-06-26T06:11:02.044Z cpu0:65931)qlnativefc: vmhba3(15:0.0): qlnativefcUnregSess sess 0x4304919b6530 for deletion 20:14:00:80:e5:29:b6:68
- Checking trace buffer of the array, HBA was disconnected when changing Host Port Alias:
06/26/20-06:15:46.432080 02 iconMgr7 htd cffff UnassignITN tditn:008
06/26/20-06:15:46.432082 02 iconMgr7 htd c0007 HtdItn DoDisconnect tditn:008
06/26/20-06:15:46.432083 02 iconMgr7 std c0007 <-X- HtdItn tditn:008 Disconnect Request