SCW - "Access is denied" provisioning disk
Applies to
SnapCenter Plugin for Windows (SCW)
Issue
SnapCenter disk provisioning attempts fail with an
"Access is denied"
error (found in the SCW_<JOB ID>.log on the plugin host):2022-09-26T11:15:28.8116865-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] ++DiskProvisioningManager::SDProvisionCreateStorage
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8116865-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] Validating request
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8116865-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] ++DiskProvisioningHelper::PreProcessandValidateCreateRequest
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8116865-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] ++GeneralUtilities::ValidateInitiatorsOnRemoteHost
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8116865-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] ++GeneralUtilities::GetiSCSIInfoFromRemoteHost
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8273121-04:00 Error SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] Unauthorized access: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8273121-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] --GeneralUtilities::GetiSCSIInfoFromRemoteHost
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8273121-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] --GeneralUtilities::ValidateInitiatorsOnRemoteHost
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8273121-04:00 Verbose SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] --DiskProvisioningHelper::PreProcessandValidateCreateRequest
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8273121-04:00 Error SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] Failed to provision disk
2022-09-26T11:15:28.8273121-04:00 Error SDW PID=[1532] TID=[3900] Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)