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-- ESXi 5.x hosts fail to mount snapshots of VMFS5 volumes that are formatted with ATS-only capabilities - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Error on some Storage Arrays that fail when VAAI hardware is not supported.</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>When configuring ReliableDR with Storage Arrays some jobs may fail to run a test if the storage array doesnt support VAAI hardware locking.</p> <p>ReliableDR will be able to create hardware snapshots successfully but DR hosts will not be able to mount it.</p> <p>There is a VMware KB article describing this issue:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fkb.vmware.com%2Fselfservice%2Fmicrosites%2Fsearch.do%3Flanguage%3Den_US%26cmd%3DdisplayKC%26externalId%3D2006858">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2006858</a></p> <p>The workaround is to connect by SSH to DR ESX hosts and disable Hardware Locking running this command:</p> <p># <b>esxcli system settings advanced set -i 0 -o /VMFS3/HardwareAcceleratedLocking</b></p> </article> </main>