Failed to read or write to the local disk of the ESXi host

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article describes temporary solutions for when reading from or writing to an ESXi host's local disk fails.

In addition, the following error may be displayed when reading from or writing to an ESXi host's local disk fails.

• Helps troubleshoot "404 Datastore '#####' is not found in vCenter '#####'"

Environment

VMware ESXi

VMware vCenter

Cause

Contact your hardware vendor to determine the cause.

Resolution

As a temporary solution, the following workaround may resolve the issue.

Workaround

1. Put the ESXi host into maintenance mode.
2. Reboot the ESXi host.

* If a virtual machine is registered, migrate it using vMotion beforehand.