VASA Provider: New VM creation fails when storage capability profile used does not match backing storage
Applies to
- ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere 9.10
- ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere 9.11
Issue
To illustrate this issue:
- We have a vVol datastore called NFS_VVOL_01 with an assigned backing flexvol that has a Storage Capability Profile (SCP) of "Bronze":
2. We then attempt to create a new virtual machine (VM) using a VM Storage Policy based off of a different SCP:
3. The VM creation fails:
4. The storage capabilies of the SCP assigned to the datastore's backing flexvol and the one used during new VM creation are identical: