VMKFS Renaming Error

[Mitching]

Hi,

After applying U3 to my ESXi 5.0 servers (Enterprise Licenses in Vcenter setup) I am unable to rename VMDK files stored on NFS store.

I receive the error below on all servers. I am able to conduct the actual disk cloning fine without any errors.

vmkfstools -E "/vmfs/volumes/BackupStore/VirtualPC/VirtualPC.vmdk" "/vmfs/volumes/BackupStore/VirtualPC/VirtualPCRENAMED.vmdk"

ESXMapperGetPhysicalMapping: Failed to get physical mapping: 1900000002 Inappropriate ioctl for device

Funny thing is that the file(s) are actually renamed although the error is received.

Really makes me Wonder what could be the problem as it worked fine prior to the upgrade.

BR

Allan

[Mitching]

Nothing logged in any logfiles on the ESXi server.

No such behavior experienced by any other people according to Google

Pretty hard to identify the problem.

Bonk

[a_p_]

IMO that's definitely something you should consider to open a support call for, to find out whether it's related to your environment (i.e. hardware compatibility, firmware version, settings) or whether this is a bug.

André

[admin]

Hello,

By any chance did you test vSAN or install vSAN in your environement..??

- Avinash

[Mitching · Accepted solution]

Not having a current Service Contract on my installation this issue took some time to identify and correct.

I found the verbose switch command (-v) useful for discovering that CBT is somehow being responsible for this persistent error.

Not being a VMware Expert I have resorted to setting the ctkenabled value to false for all my virtual machines.

This has resolved my problem.