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Unable to restore VM to an alternate ESX host

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Applies to

  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware (SCV)
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server (SCSQL)
  • Restore from secondary SVM
  • NFS

Issue

  • Mounting the datastore during the restore fails with the error:

2026-08-18 10:48:29.135 DEBUG lx164042 --- [881129850-26742] c.n.a.m.NfsMountStrategy                 : Mounting the NAS datastore using the HostDatastoreSystem
2026-08-18 10:49:00.009 ERROR lx164042 --- [881129850-26742] c.n.a.m.NfsMountStrategy                 : com.vmware.esx.hostctl.default:Operation failed, diagnostics report: Mount failed: Unable to complete Sysinfo operation.  Please see the VMkernel log file for more details.: Unable to connect to NFS server: VSI node (5001:)
com.netapp.nvpf.api.model.ApiException: com.vmware.esx.hostctl.default:Operation failed, diagnostics report: Mount failed: Unable to complete Sysinfo operation.  Please see the VMkernel log file for more details.: Unable to connect to NFS server: VSI node (5001:)

  • VMkernel log file: 

In(182) vmkernel: cpu22:2099092 opID=bc1bece8)NFS: 3500: NFS mount failed for <SVM NFS LIF IP Address>:/restore/Sc8bus: Unable to connect to NFS server.

 

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