VM operation fails with Error: "The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on"
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Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- vMotion fails for powered-on VMs that reside in a vSAN datastore.
- Unable to attach disk to VM.
- Other tasks like "Power ON" on virtual machines residing on vSAN datastore may fail.
Validation:
1.vMotion operation may fail with below error on vCenter UI
A general system error occurred: Launch failure ####-##-##T##:##:##.####### The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on. Module VMMon power on failed. Cause: Module VMMon power on failed. ####-##-##T##:##:##.####### The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on."
2. Adding or attaching disk to VM operation fails below errors on vCenter UI.
A general system error occurred: Error creating disk Invalid argument File system specific implementation of Ioctl[file] failed.
Environment
VMware vSAN (All versions).
Cause
This issue is caused due to expired license on the VSAN cluster with running on expired evaluation license.
If the cluster lacks valid vSAN licenses operations like vMotion , add disk, VM power ON task etc may fail. You must assign a license to a vSAN cluster before its evaluation period expires, or its currently assigned license expires.
Resolution
Assign valid license to the cluster before the evaluation period expires.
Click vSAN Cluster -> Configure ->vSAN cluster -> If the license shows expired -> Click Assign license and select correct license and assign for the cluster.
Refer the below article on how to use the vSAN license.
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