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ONTAP SAN Guest VM storage vmotion causes blue screen of death BSOD

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.16
  • ESXi using VMID tagging feature
  • Qlogic target and host HBA
  • Marvell HBA
  • Windows
  • Linux

Issue

  • VMWare Storage VMotion  onto or between NetApp LUN can result in blue screen of death BSOD "Memory Management" and or "Critical Process Died"
  • Linux report corrupt guest OS file system days after vmotion
  • VM boot failures due to unable to find boot device
  • Powering off VM and moving VM back to original datastore can recover VM with disk repair
  • Using non FC inbox driver

Example:

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