"EXCopy Claim Rule not present deviceName" message in vmkernel.log

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• Below entries are seen in vmkernel.log during migration or clone.
  
  /var/run/log/vmkernel.log

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXZ In(182) vmkernel: cpu25:2097938)ScsiVmas: 2016: EXCopy Claim Rule not present deviceName naa.####
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXZ In(182) vmkernel: cpu34:2097945)ScsiVmas: 2016: EXCopy Claim Rule not present deviceName naa.####

Environment

Post ESXi 8.0U1 and before ESXi 8.0U3

Cause

The log was introduced as part of E-XCOPY(Extended XCopy) since vSphere 8.0U1.

Resolution

This is only an INFO log and there is no impact to the ESXi performance. This log was removed since vSphere 8.0U3.