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COTV-6735: Create datastore workflow fails when an ESXi host is in maintenance mode

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Issue

  • When trying to provision a datastore at the host cluster level, the Create Datastore wizard fails at the Rescan and Mount Datastore subtask.
  • One or more ESXi hosts in the host cluster are in maintenance mode.
  • In the OTV buffer logs, OTV reports errors like the following: 
    Failed while scanning or mounting <device> on host : HostSystem:host-###. ErrorMessage: class com.netapp.vcenter.exception.VcenterException : Could not retrive host from Target Moref: HostSystem:host-###

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