Scratch partition settings not being saved upon reboot running on ESXi 6.7 U2 with Qlogic driver

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

To avoid the scratch partition from reverting to default.

Symptoms:

• Scratch partition settings not being saved upon reboot.
• ESXi host log show similar to below

syslog.log
2019-08-28T11:55:13Z nativeExecutor[2098830]: mount point '/vmfs/volumes/56f5361d-6590e921-a756-90e2ba1dc0d4/Scratch/fs8-n14.test.com' not restored, waiting 64 seconds
2019-08-28T11:56:17Z nativeExecutor[2098830]: mount point '/vmfs/volumes/56f5361d-6590e921-a756-90e2ba1dc0d4/Scratch/fs8-n14.test.com' not restored before timeout, giving up

In vmkernel.log
2019-08-28T11:53:50.605Z cpu27:2097951)Loading module qlnativefc ...
2019-08-28T11:53:50.609Z cpu27:2097951)Elf: 2101: module qlnativefc has license BSD
2019-08-28T11:53:50.622Z cpu27:2097951)QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 3.1.8.0-debug
2019-08-28T11:53:50.622Z cpu27:2097951)Device: 192: Registered driver 'qlnativefc' from 20
2019-08-28T11:53:50.622Z cpu27:2097951)Mod: 4962: Initialization of qlnativefc succeeded with module ID 20.
2019-08-28T11:53:50.622Z cpu27:2097951)qlnativefc loaded successfully
2019-08-28T11:54:11.561Z cpu28:2097857)Activating Jumpstart plugin configure-locker.
2019-08-28T11:54:12.852Z cpu28:2097953)qlnativefc: vmhba1(b:0.0): GFO failed, completion status (6).
2019-08-28T11:54:13.025Z cpu49:2098838)qlnativefc: vmhba1(b:0.0): Entering qlnativefcDoSinglethreadWork
2019-08-28T11:54:13.025Z cpu28:2097953)qlnativefc: vmhba1(b:0.0): device wrap (ba0c40)

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Cause

This is a known issue with the Qlogic driver related to GFO(Get Fabric Object) failure particularly with version 3.1.8.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, upgrade to a newer version of Qlogic Driver. To download go to Customer Connect

Workaround:
To workaround this issue disable QoS using command and reboot.
esxcfg-module -s "ql2xfabricpriorityqos=0" qlnativefc

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
Requires reboot.