vMotion - The operation is not allowed in the current state

[TomKalabis]

Hi Guys, 

i have DELL FX2 with 4x FC630 - ESXi 6.7u3 A08 dell customized image with FCoE connectivity to storage DELL SC3020/4020 etc. 

Today i wanted migrate all running vms from host 1 to other host, because i planed upgrade FC630 (BIOS, Drivers, Firmware) but some VM i cannot migrate. I had many error messages like: 

• The vMotion failed because the destination host did not receive data from the source host on the vMotion network. Please check your vMotion network settings and physical network configuration and ensure they are correct.

• The operation is not allowed in the current state.

• A general system error occurred: Fault cause: vim.fault.GenericVmConfigFault

After some time (15-20minutes) i tried the vmotion and the move was OK.

When i looked to the vmkernel.log i saw: 

2021-03-16T13:26:34.954Z cpu2:2884861)DLX: 4319: vol 'SC32', lock at 229974016: [Req mode 1] Checking liveness:
2021-03-16T13:26:34.954Z cpu2:2884861)[type 10c00001 offset 229974016 v 259, hb offset 3506176
gen 809, mode 1, owner 6050af56-4ce4b8ab-4507-9840bbbb564b mtime 5659
num 0 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]
2021-03-16T13:26:35.020Z cpu6:2100290)DLX: 4319: vol 'SC34', lock at 470761472: [Req mode 1] Checking liveness:
2021-03-16T13:26:35.020Z cpu6:2100290)[type 10c00001 offset 470761472 v 183, hb offset 3506176
gen 59, mode 1, owner 6050af56-4ce4b8ab-4507-9840bbbb564b mtime 5014
num 0 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]
2021-03-16T13:26:38.956Z cpu2:2884861)DLX: 4949: vol 'SC32', lock at 229974016: [Req mode: 1] Not free:
2021-03-16T13:26:38.956Z cpu2:2884861)[type 10c00001 offset 229974016 v 259, hb offset 3506176
gen 809, mode 1, owner 6050af56-4ce4b8ab-4507-9840bbbb564b mtime 5659
num 0 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0] alloc owner 3309568
2021-03-16T13:26:39.022Z cpu6:2100290)DLX: 4949: vol 'SC34', lock at 470761472: [Req mode: 1] Not free:
2021-03-16T13:26:39.022Z cpu6:2100290)[type 10c00001 offset 470761472 v 183, hb offset 3506176
gen 59, mode 1, owner 6050af56-4ce4b8ab-4507-9840bbbb564b mtime 5014
num 0 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0] alloc owner 0

The SC34 and SC32 are datastores, where are problem VMs stored. 

Its possible that VMs are "something" locked on datastores SC32 and SC34 ? 

No snapshots, no connected .iso...

Thx for advice

Tom

[DavoudTeimouri]

How many VMKernel are created for vMotion traffic? One or more?

[TomKalabis]

i have 1 kernel port on 10GbE. 

I think that i found the solution. 

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/77030

Tomas.

[DavoudTeimouri]

The link is about Storage vMotion!