VMs appear in an inaccessible state in vCenter.
VM folders are missing on the local datastore.
Attempting to browse the datastore in vCenter displays “No item found”.
"A general system error occurred Input/output error"df -h command shows that local datastores are inaccessible.VmFileSystem: Slow refresh failed: Cannot open volume: /vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########VmFileSystem: Slow refresh failed: Unable to get FS Attrs for /vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########VmFileSystem: Slow refresh failed: Unable to get FS Attrs for /vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########Error when running esxcli, return status was: 1Errors:Error getting data for filesystem on '/vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########': Cannot open volume: /vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########, skipping.Error getting data for filesystem on '/vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########': Unable to get FS Attrs for /vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########, skipping.Error getting data for filesystem on '/vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########': Unable to get FS Attrs for /vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########, skipping.Cannot open volume:
[root@ESXi_hostname :~ ] cd /var/run/log[root@ESXi_hostname:/vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########/log] ls[root@ESXi_hostname:/vmfs/volumes/########-####-####-####-###########/log]
H:0x1 D:0x0 P:0x0 2026-01-14T14:25:47.109Z cpu63:2097361)ScsiDeviceIO: 4686: Cmd(0x45bb02852400) 0x2a, CmdSN 0x9e1909 from world 2098013 to dev "naa. 600############b383####bc" failed H:0x1 D:0x0 P:0x0 2026-01-14T14:25:47.109Z cpu63:2098013) WARNING: FS3J: 3386: Error committing txn callerID: 0xc1d0000f to slot 1: Device is permanently unavailable.
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x
Engage the hardware vendor to validate the disk failure.
Replace the defective local hard disk as per vendor guidance.