Error "All shared datastores failed on the host" is displayed in VC --> ESXi host summary page.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• Error "All shared datastores failed on the host" is displayed in VC --> ESXi host summary page.
• This is stale message and no real impact is seen at virtual machine user level.

 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

Cause

• This is triggered during storage issues however do not get cleared automatically post fixing the storage issues.

Resolution

• Restart vpxd and sps services on vcenter. 
• Ref - https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/344633/stopping-starting-or-restarting-vmware-v.html for restarting the vcenter services. 

      OR

• Reboot the vcenter appliance.

Additional Information

• The above error message is not getting cleared after ESXi host reboot. 
• Confirmed that all the shared datastore is connected and working fine on the ESXi host.