Unsupported option, vVols Storage option displaying on VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This document outline how to disable this feature for VCF on VxRail deployments. 

Symptoms:

• vVols as a Storage Option is currently not supported as a storage option on VCF on VxRail. However, it does show up in Storage Settings option in the Administration section of the SDDC Manager UI and should not be used to add in a VASA provider. 

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail 4.1
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1

Resolution

This is a known issue, currently there is no resolution.

Workaround:

1. Download the attached vVol_patch.sh file.
2. Using a file transfer utility, copy over the file to the /tmp directory on the SDDC Manager VM.
3. Open a SSH session to SDDC Manager VM and change to the root user:

su -

4. Move the file from /tmp to /home/vcf:

mv /tmp/vVol_patch.sh /home/vcf 

5. Change permissions on the file:

chmod 755 vVol_patch.sh

6. Execute it with the command:

./vVol_patch.sh

7. Close the SSH session and open the SDDC Manager UI and login.
8. Validate that the Storage Settings tab do not show up under Administration