Data gets corrupted when CBT and IO filters are enabled

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Applying the ESXi 6.0 Patch 3 or later on the ESXi host resolves this issue.

Symptoms:

Data gets corrupted when CBT or IO filters are enabled.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0

Cause

This issue occurs when the CBT is used in combination with a caching I/O filters. Data corruption is caused by excluding the I/O filter in the I/O path.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, apply the ESXi 6.0 Patch 3 or later on the ESXi host.