Datastore entering maintenance mode task stuck at 1%
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Datastore entering maintenance mode task stuck at 1%

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Article ID: 389221

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

  • Datastore entering maintenance mode task stuck at 1%.
  • "Enter SDRS Maintenance MODE MONITOR" task gets listed under recent tasks and do not get canceled.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.x

Cause

There are a set of datastore maintenance workflows that require some manual steps as vCLS VMs might be placed in these datastores which cannot be automatically migrated or powered off.  

Resolution

To resolve the issue restart the vCenter Server services:

  1. SSH to vCenter Server.
  2. Restart services:

    service-control --stop --all
    service-control --start --all

  3. After that the task 'Enter SDRS Maintenance MODE MONITOR TASK' get canceled and datastore entered into maintenance mode successfully.
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