Issue: After upgraded HX to matrix 4.5(2a), ESXi loose access to storage but HX storage connected & ruining VMs working normal beside HX stCtlVM vm on that host. stCtlVM goes down for that host
Setup: All flash M4 nodes - upgraded from matrix 4.0(2d) | Connected Partition Over USB To Host | SC Card
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/hyperconverged_systems/HyperFlex_HX_DataPlatformSoftware/release-guidelines-and-support-timeline/b-recommended-hx-data-platform-sw-releases/m-software-requirements-4-5.html
Upgrades to ESXi 7.0 U1 and U2 are not recommended on servers booting from SD cards. For more information
we are running ESXi 7U2A
Tried but work around is not working(SD card access issue with 7U2A fixed in 7U2C) https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/83376
Ones ESXi loose access to own storage where os running following symptoms coming up
Running command df -h from CLI will get stuck, or fail, for the LOCKER mount (VMFS-L partition)
Checking the hosts logfile /var/log/vmkernel.log, you’ll notice entries similair to this
from ESXi VMKernel Logs
2021-10-30T11:48:05.813Z cpu13:2097218)ScsiDeviceIO: 4315: Cmd(0x45b94248b6c0) 0x28, cmdId.initiator=0x4305fdccb8c0 CmdSN 0x1 from world 2374903 to dev "mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0" failed H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Cancelled from device layer. Cmd count Active:1
2021-10-30T11:48:05.813Z cpu13:2097218)Queued:1
2021-10-30T11:48:05.813Z cpu7:2374903)VFAT: 5144: Failed to get object 36 type 2 uuid 61658d94-3795c530-dc04-0025b5f0a103 cnum 0 dindex fffffffecdate 0 ctime 0 MS 0 :Timeout
2021-10-30T11:48:05.868Z cpu45:2375242)ALERT: Bootbank cannot be found at path '/bootbank'
