svmotion getting stuck at 18%

[tdubb123]

trying to svmotion a vm to a different lun but etting stuck at 18% in vc. any idea?

[AntonVZhbankov]

Run esxtop, select disk statistics. Do you see any disk activity at 18%?

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[DSTAVERT]

How long has it been stuck.

[msemon1]

Do you have any RDM's attached? Does the datastore you are SVMotioning to have space?

Mike

[tdubb123]

no rdm attached. lot of space in new lun. esxtop shows activity on the hba. and vm is active.

[tdubb123]

over 30mins now. shows 9% in vsphere CLI. but 18% in VC

[tdubb123]

strange. its moving now. where in esxtop should i look for disk stats? esxtop-u?

[AntonVZhbankov]

>esxtop-u?

esxtop, d

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[HalfMuffin]

I have seen this happen when you change the format of a VMDK during an svMotion (Thick -> Thin, etc). It will always pause at 18% in vCenter during the thickening or thinning of the virtual disk. You will notice if you launch ESXTOP or RESXTOP that the ESX host is jugging away parsing the disk in an attempt to change the format.