Symptoms:
- In the Events view of the vSphere Client, you see entries similar to:
A general system error occurred: The requested size is not a multiple of 1MB
- In the vCloud Availability Portal, all replications are in a healthy state.
- In /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log on the vCenter Server appliance, you see entries similar to:
2019-12-11T09:03:58.174Z info vpxd[04804] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=########-####-####-####-########d926_sp_Bq-1b] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-11029 -- virtualDiskManager -- vim.VirtualDiskManager.createVirtualDisk: vmodl.fault.System
Error:
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> faultMessage = <unset>,
--> reason = "The requested size is not a multiple of 1MB"
--> msg = "A general system error occurred: The requested size is not a multiple of 1MB"
--> }
--> Args:
-->
--> Arg name:
--> "[xxx-vvol] rbd4122.########-####-####-####-########87b6/C4-########-####-####-####-########ffbf (########-####-####-####-########e5be)_changed.vmdk"
--> Arg datacenter:
--> 'vim.Datacenter:datacenter-b'
--> Arg spec:
--> (vim.VirtualDiskManager.FileBackedVirtualDiskSpec) {
--> diskType = "thin",
--> adapterType = "lsiLogic",
--> capacityKb = 14676417,
--> profile = <unset>,
--> crypto = (vim.encryption.CryptoSpec) null
- This issue occurs if you are using a Virtual Volumes datastore in the destination site.
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.