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  • 1.  Failed to recover datastore 'xxx'. VMFS volume residing on recovered device 'xxx' cannot be found

    Posted Thu July 30, 2020 02:37 PM

    I am trying to run test failover, its getting fail on 9th step "Change recovery site storage to writable" with below error. If somebody have any idea please suggest.

    I am using ds9k version 7.

    Thanks



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  • 2.  RE: Failed to recover datastore 'xxx'. VMFS volume residing on recovered device 'xxx' cannot be found
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    Posted Thu July 30, 2020 02:41 PM
    9. Change recovery site storage to writableError - Some virtual machines in the protection group 'protection_845' could not be recovered Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8045'. Datastore residing on recovered devices and expected to be auto-mounted during HBA rescan cannot be found.2020-07-30 12:50:42 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 13:10:48 (UTC 0)00:20:07
    9.1. Protection Group protection_845Error - Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8045'. Datastore residing on recovered devices and expected to be auto-mounted during HBA rescan cannot be found. Some virtual machines in the protection group 'protection_845' could not be recovered2020-07-30 12:50:42 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 13:10:48 (UTC 0)00:20:07
    Device "test_vol_sra":
    Success
    Data Timestamp:2009-07-10 03:30:00 (UTC 0)
    Datastore "Datastore_8045":
    Error:Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8045'. Datastore residing on recovered devices and expected to be auto-mounted during HBA rescan cannot be found.
    Devices:test_vol_sra
    9.2. test_vm_8045Error - Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8045'. Datastore residing on recovered devices and expected to be auto-mounted during HBA rescan cannot be found.2020-07-30 13:10:48 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 13:10:48 (UTC 0)00:00:00
    9.2.1. Configure storageError - Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8045'. Datastore residing on recovered devices and expected to be auto-mounted during HBA rescan cannot be found.2020-07-30 13:10:48 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 13:10:48 (UTC 0)00:00:00




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  • 3.  RE: Failed to recover datastore 'xxx'. VMFS volume residing on recovered device 'xxx' cannot be found
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    Posted Thu July 30, 2020 02:46 PM

    Above Error was in planned failover,

    Below is the error for test failover case

    4. Create writable storage snapshotError - Some virtual machines in the protection group 'protection_8068' could not be recovered Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8068'. VMFS volume residing on recovered devices '"IBM.2107-13FCL61-8068"' cannot be found.2020-07-30 05:09:25 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 05:33:58 (UTC 0)00:24:34
    4.1. Protection Group protection_8068Error - Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8068'. VMFS volume residing on recovered devices '"IBM.2107-13FCL61-8068"' cannot be found. Some virtual machines in the protection group 'protection_8068' could not be recovered2020-07-30 05:09:25 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 05:33:58 (UTC 0)00:24:34
    Device "sra_test_env_vol":
    Success
    Data Timestamp:2009-07-10 03:30:00 (UTC 0)
    Datastore "Datastore_8068":
    Error:Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8068'. VMFS volume residing on recovered devices '"IBM.2107-13FCL61-8068"' cannot be found.
    Devices:sra_test_env_vol
    4.2. test_vm_8068Error - Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8068'. VMFS volume residing on recovered devices '"IBM.2107-13FCL61-8068"' cannot be found.2020-07-30 05:33:58 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 05:33:58 (UTC 0)00:00:00
    4.2.1. Configure storageError - Failed to recover datastore 'Datastore_8068'. VMFS volume residing on recovered devices '"IBM.2107-13FCL61-8068"' cannot be found.2020-07-30 05:33:58 (UTC 0)2020-07-30 05:33:58 (UTC 0)00:00:00




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