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Cannot Create Or Migrate VMs On Datastore In vSphere

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5/16/2025, 10:06:19 AM

Applies to

  • VMware vSphere
  • VMware vCenter Server Appliance
  • NetApp ONTAP

Issue

Error when creating or migrating a virtual machine on the datastore in vSphere:

The operation is not allowed in the current state of the datastore

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