Unable to create Virtual Machine inside VVOL Container
Applies to
- ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere (OTV) 9.8
- VASA Provider
- VMware vCenter
Issue
Creating VMs on a VVOL-backed datastore fails. However, you're able to manually add files to the datastore.
The logs report errors similar to the following:
2021-04-22T19:10:18.863Z info hostd[2128922] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs opID=kmpdkm84-2336246-auto-1e2nr-h5:70176876-c9-01-eb-e448 user=vpxuser:INTRA\xxxxxx] 2128922:VVOLLIB : VVolLibPrintTaskInfo:845: error : 'STORAGE_FAULT [Invalid QoS expression 'MB/s,20000IOPS'. Invalid QoS expression 'MB/s,20000IOPS']'
2021-04-22T19:10:18.863Z info hostd[2128922] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs opID=kmpdkm84-2336246-auto-1e2nr-h5:70176876-c9-01-eb-e448 user=vpxuser:INTRA\xxxxxxxx] 2128922:VVOLLIB : VVolLib_IpcStorageFaultToVVolLibError:767: Storage Fault STORAGE_FAULT (22): Invalid QoS expression 'MB/s,20000IOPS'. Invalid QoS expression 'MB/s,20000IOPS'
2021-04-22T19:10:18.863Z info hostd[2128922] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs opID=kmpdkm84-2336246-auto-1e2nr-h5:70176876-c9-01-eb-e448 user=vpxuser:INTRA\xxxxxxx] 2128922:VVOLLIB : VVolLibVasaTaskHandler:1905: VASA task (arrayID:'NetApp.clustered.Data.ONTAP.VP:999e5538a14d48aa9e0c00000098aa71', task:'10049862') has completed with FAILURE: (STORAGE_FAULT, Invalid QoS expression 'MB/s,20000IOPS'. Invalid QoS expression 'MB/s,20000IOPS') The VVol target encountered a vendor specific error