Cluster switchover fails due to ReleaseDiskPRFailure on a WSFC cluster using clustered VMDKs.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• When switching a WSFC cluster, the ReleaseDiskPRFailure error occurs.
• No problems are observed with the WSFC on vSphere configuration.
• The vmware.log shows a reservation conflict as shown below.
  YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSZ In(05) vcpu-0 - NVME-VMK: nvme1:0: RESERVATION ACQUIRE Command failed. Status: 0x0/0x83.
• No problems are observed from a storage perspective.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Cause

This issue may occur if a third-party monitoring agent running on the guest OS is monitoring the shared disk, causing the reservation to not be released.

Resolution

Check whether a third-party monitoring agent is running on the guest OS.

For details, please contact your guest OS support.

Additional Information

クラスタ VMDK を利用した WSFC クラスタで ReleaseDiskPRFailure が発生してクラスタ切替えに失敗する

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Related KB Links:

Guidelines for Microsoft Clustering on vSphere

Supported Configuration Guidelines for Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) with shared disks