Virtual Machine Backup with DPPM fails with SPIF filters change failure: Not enough resources. Failed to attach IO Filter vmwarelwd

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• Image level backup of a Virtual machine will fail on Dell Power Protect Data Manager as LWD filter can’t be enable on it.
• Backup of the Virtual machines with Dell Power Protect Data Manager feature enabled fails.
• Below error snippets are found in the respective logs during the backup failure.

From the ESXi host:
/vmfs/volumes/<datastore>/vmware.log:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.291Z Er(02) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e DISKLIB-FLAT  : Failed to set file length: No space left on device
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.295Z Er(02) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e DISKLIB-LINK  : DiskLinkCreate: Failed to create extent: There is not enough space on the file system for the selected operation
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.295Z In(05) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e FiltLib: Failed to create virtual disk /vmfs/volumes/d85cbf1a-f7e6360d/VM/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.ses: "There is not enough space on the file system for the selected operation"(13).
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.295Z Er(02) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e LWD: Failed to create a thin SES disk /vmfs/volumes/d85cbf1a-f7e6360d/VM/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX. Error: Not enough resources (12)
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.295Z Er(02) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e LWD: Failed to create SES for disk 9278A89B70 during lwd-attach
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.296Z In(05) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e FiltLib: Failed to attach vmwarelwd: "Not enough resources" (12).
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.296Z Er(02) vcpu-0 04e768fb-68fd-36-01-80-6d3e DISKLIB-LIB_MISC   : DiskLib_SetSpifFilters: Failed to set SPIFs: Not enough resources

From vCenter:
/var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.442Z info vpxd[05616] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=04e768fb-68fd-36] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH task-11724
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.443Z error vpxd[05616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=04e768fb-68fd-36] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-11724 -- 5238ce37-3560-4022-b2a2-106217630041(52a8f4ed-7ec9-2bff-662a-fafafd0c3171) -- vm-XXXX -- vim.VirtualMachine.reconfigure: :vim.fault.GenericVmConfigFault
--> Result:
--> (vim.fault.GenericVmConfigFault) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
-->    faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
-->       (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
-->          key = "msg.disk.spifChangeFailure",
-->          arg = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) [
-->             (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) {
-->                key = "1",
-->                value = "msg.iofilter.noResources"
-->             }
-->          ],
-->          message = "SPIF filters change failure: Not enough resources."
-->       },
-->       (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
-->          key = "msg.iofilter.attach.error",
-->          arg = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) [
-->             (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) {
-->                key = "1",
-->                value = "vmwarelwd"
-->             },
-->             (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) {
-->                key = "2",
-->                value = "msg.iofilter.noResources"
-->             }
-->          ],
-->          message = "Failed to attach IO Filter vmwarelwd: Not enough resources. "
-->       }
-->    ],
-->    reason = "SPIF filters change failure: Not enough resources."
-->    msg = "SPIF filters change failure: Not enough resources."
--> }
--> Args:

 

Cause

This is a limitation at the Storage for Large file support at the Dell Storage/Powerscale Vendor.

Resolution

Engage Dell PowerScale Storage support for further assistance.

Additional Information

More details are found in Dell PowerScale OneFS Large File Support