Affinity location reconfiguration will cause FIO disruption

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

To inform users before they perform affinityLocation reconfiguration for the file shares.

Symptoms:
If the share's affinityLocation is reconfigured, the ongoing FIO will be disrupted.

Environment

VMware vSAN 7.0.x

Cause

The FIO disruption is expected since the file server will be changed due to affinityLocation reconfiguration.

Resolution

The affinity location reconfiguration is supported by vSAN 7.0 u2.

Workaround:
Stop the FIO before affinity location reconfiguration.