vSAN hosts maintenance task stuck at 74% with message Objects Evacuated: xxx of xxx (1 object pending).

Products

• VMware vSAN 8.x

Issue/Introduction

vSAN ESA hosts fails to enter into maintenance mode and task status show as Objects Evacuated: xxx of xxx (1 object pending).

Environment

VMware vSAN 8.0.x

Cause

The issue is observed when there are ZDOM objects in PAUSED STATE.

To identify if there are PAUSED ZDOM Objects on vSAN cluster, you can run the below command on ESXi host.

cmmds-tool find -t ZDOM_PAUSED

Resolution

Upgrading the hosts to ESXi 8.0 Update 3b/P04, build 24280767 or later releases.

If you are unable to upgrade to this version and needs further assistance, please contact Broadcom Support to investigate the issue and assist with workaround.