ESXi fails to format an FCP LUN after it is mounted
Applies to
- Brocade switches,
- ESXi
- All ONTAP versions
Issue
- ESXi will fail to format an FCP LUN after it was mounted to an ESXi. Host side errors might look similar to the following:
Note: This symptom is also reported on a Cisco UCS/ Cisco MDS SAN switch/ ESXi 6.0 ESXi 6.5 environment with brocade switches.
- Below list ESXi output
2015-02-24T20:51:24.740Z cpu18:8383)WARNING: ScsiPath: 5053: Remove path:vmhba5:C0:T2:L02015-02-24T20:51:25.092Z cpu6:11408)Vol3: 660: Couldn't read volume headerfrom control: Invalid handle 2015-02-24T20:51:25.092Z cpu6:11408)FSS: 4330:No FS driver claimed device 'control': Not supported2015-02-24T20:51:25.096Z cpu6:11408)FSS: 4330: No FS driver claimed device'naa.600a0980383030594d3f466b4d4e3379:1': Not supported 2015-02-24T20:51:25.123Z cpu6:11408)VC: 1492: Device rescan time 15 msec (totalnumber of devices 9) 2015-02-24T20:51:25.123Z cpu6:11408)VC: 1495:Filesystem probe time 42 msec (devices probed 8 of 9)2015-02-24T20:52:09.072Z cpu2:8364)ScsiScan: 1098: Path 'vmhba5:C0:T2:L0':Vendor: 'NETAPP ' Model: 'LUN C-Mode ' Rev:'8200'2015-02-24T20:52:09.072Z cpu2:8364)ScsiScan: 1101: Path 'vmhba5:C0:T2:L0':Type: 0x0, ANSI rev: 4, TPGS: 1 (implicit only)
2015-02-24T20:52:09.074Zcpu2:8364)ScsiScan: 1582: Add path: vmhba5:C0:T2:L02015-02-24T20:52:09.075Z cpu3:8384)ScsiScan: 1098: Path 'vmhba5:C0:T2:L2':Vendor: 'NETAPP ' Model: 'LUN C-Mode ' Rev:'8200'2015-02-24T20:52:09.075Z cpu3:8384)ScsiScan: 1101: Path 'vmhba5:C0:T2:L2':Type: 0x0, ANSI rev: 4, TPGS: 1 (implicit only)2015-02-24T20:52:09.075Z cpu4:8382)ScsiScan: 1098: Path 'vmhba5:C0:T2:L1':Vendor: 'NETAPP ' Model: 'LUN C-Mode ' Rev:'8200'2015-02-24T20:52:09.075Z cpu4:8382)ScsiScan: 1101: Path 'vmhba5:C0:T2:L1':Type: 0x0, ANSI rev: 4, TPGS: 1 (implicit only) 2015-02-24T22:04:33.782Zcpu1:11413)WARNING: Fil3: 2034: Failed to reserve volume f530 28 1 54eb6baed904f9e2 4b98f96a c89701e1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015-02-24T22:04:33.809Z cpu1:11413)HBX: 4884: Marking HB [HB state abcdef04offset 3768320 gen 363 stampUS 10589636822 uuid 54eccc48-c0060174-b3e7-984be10197c8 jrnl <FB 601> drv 14.54] on vol 'svm_san2_FC_RDM1'2015-02-24T22:04:33.810Z cpu1:11413)HBX: 4962: Marked HB [HB state abcdef04offset 3768320 gen 363 stampUS 10644742072 uuid 54eccc48-c0060174-b3e7-984be10197c8 jrnl <FB 601> drv 14.54] on vol 'svm_san2_FC_RDM1'2015-02-24T22:04:33.810Z cpu1:11413)J3: 3092: Replaying journal at <FB 601>,gen 363 2015-02-24T22:04:33.820Z cpu1:11413)HBX: 3555: 1 stale HB slot(s)owned by me have been garbage collected on vol