Datastore cannot enter into maintenance mode due to a virtual machine template on it
Article ID: 389464
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
The customer wants to put one datastore into maintenance mode, but the task failed.
Environment
VMware vSphere 7.x
VMware vSphere 8.x
Cause
A virtual machine template is on this datastore that prevents the datastore from entering the maintenance mode.
Resolution
1. Convert the template to a virtual machine and vmotion it.
2. If the above step failed, remove the template from inventory (Do NOT remove it from disk)
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