vSAN node PSOD with vs_space_mgmt_map_fini in backtrace

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
vSAN-enabled ESXi hosts may PSOD on boot with the following (or very similar) backtrace:

[0x41803950be95]PanicvPanicInt@vmkernel#nover+0x439 stack: 0x0, 0x41803ae5edf8, 0x451afc09bd88, 0x0, 0x1
[0x41803950c3d2]Panic_vPanic@vmkernel#nover+0x23 stack: 0x0, 0x418039521cf1, 0x13, 0x432100000010, 0x451afc09bde0
[0x418039521cf0]vmk_PanicWithModuleID@vmkernel#nover+0x41 stack: 0x451afc09bde0, 0x451afc09bda0, 0x4321e53738a8, 0xf, 0x41803ae5edb8
[0x41803ae3a936][email protected]#0.0.0.1+0x197 stack: 0x4321e4bc4070, 0x4321e4ec40c0, 0x0, 0x41803ae53790, 0x431be252a358
[0x41803ae16dc7][email protected]#0.0.0.1+0x24 stack: 0x4321e4bc4070, 0x41803ae16f22, 0x0, 0x4321e4bc4070, 0x530
[0x41803ae16f21][email protected]#0.0.0.1+0x9e stack: 0x530, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
[0x41803ae16f71][email protected]#0.0.0.1+0x36 stack: 0x0, 0x41803ae1382e, 0x3f7, 0x41803ae53790, 0x4321e4bc4070
[0x41803ae1382d][email protected]#0.0.0.1+0x9a stack: 0x4321e4bc4070, 0x451afc0a3000, 0x45bb9dffaac0, 0x95d28459f2, 0x431be252a310
[0x41803ae98b57][email protected]#0.0.0.1+0x48 stack: 0x431be16d2b68, 0x0, 0x431be16d2b98, 0x431be16d2b88, 0x431be16d2bc0
[0x4180394eb4c2]HelperQueueFunc@vmkernel#nover+0x30f stack: 0x431be16d2b98, 0x431be16d2b88, 0x431be16d2bc0, 0x451afc0a3000, 0x431be16d2b98
[0x418039710dda]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x77 stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0

Environment

VMware vSAN 6.7.x
VMware vSAN 7.0.x

Cause

This is a known issue which has been investigated by vSAN engineering, cause and fix has been determined.

Resolution

Please update the ESXi host to below mentioned releases, which will address the issue. The host can safely be rebooted.
The fix for this issue for vSAN 6.x and 7.x branches are included in ESXi 6.7 P06 and ESXi 7.0 U3d respectively.