VMware datastore not available after NetApp volume offline
Applies to
- ONTAP
- VMware ESXi 6.5
Issue
- VMware configuration change causes ONTAP volume out of space condition, snapshots deleted and space is freed allowing ONTAP volume/LUN to online, with no change on VMware, showing 0 bytes free and rescan does not bring datastore back online
- Expanding Volum/LUN and expanding a datastore in VMware(Vsphere) causes out of space condition, not able to online datastore and several virtual machines not responsive but show powered on after resolving space issue
- VMware GUI shows status "Error,Unknown"
df -h
from ESXi cli shows 0 B Size 0 B Used 0 B Available
Localcli storage nmp device list | less
Localcli storage core device list | less
- Shows datastore "
Status: Not connected
" - After power failure VMware datastore shows disconnected, unable to browse files and several virtual machines not responsive but show powered on