ESXi hostd logs Warning failed to get objectId Operation not supported 11 on VMFS

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

VMware vSphere ESXi hostd service logs continuous warnings when attempting to retrieve the object ID for virtual machine configuration files (.vmx).

Validate the hostd logs in the ESXI host:  /var/run/log/hostd.log

Date & Time Wa(164) Hostd[2099912]: [Originator@xxxx sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx opID=xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xx-xxxx sid=xxxxxx user=vpxuser:<no user>] File - failed to get objectId, '/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx': Operation not supported (11)
Date & Time.888Z Wa(164) Hostd[xxxxx]: [Originator@xxxx sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx opID=xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xx-xxxx sid=xxxxxx user=vpxuser:<no user>] File - failed to get objectId, '/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx': Operation not supported (11)
Date & Time.951Z Wa(164) Hostd[xxxx]: [Originator@xxxx sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx opID=xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xx-xxxx sid=xxxxxx user=vpxuser:<no user>] File - failed to get objectId, '/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx': Operation not supported (11)
Date & Time.952Z Db(167) Hostd[xxxx]: [Originator@xxxx sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx opID=xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xx-xxxx sid=xxxxxx user=vpxuser:<no user>] UpdateFileInfo: Failed to find file size for /vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.nvram: No such file or directory   << NVRAM FILE NOT FOUND
Date & Time.016Z Wa(164) Hostd[xxxx]: [Originator@xxxx sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx opID=xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xx-xxxx sid=xxxxxx user=vpxuser:<no user>] File - failed to get objectId, '/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/VM_Name/VM_Name.vmx': Operation not supported (11)

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXI 8.0 

Cause

The internal hostd function ObjLib_GetNameSpaceObjectUniqueId FromPath is designed exclusively for object-based storage architectures such as vSAN or vVols. When executed against standard VMFS or NFS datastores, the function fails with an OBJLIBERR_UNSUPPORTED exception, resulting in a cosmetic warning in the logs.

Resolution

 

• Validate that the affected virtual machine configuration file resides on a standard VMFS or NFS datastore.

  • Follow the below steps in the screen shot to verify the datastore

• Acknowledge the log entry as a benign, cosmetic red herring.

• No further configuration changes are required. This message does not impact virtual machine functionality, datastore accessibility, or ESXi host operations and can be safely ignored.

 

Additional Information

Currently, there is no mechanism to suppress this specific warning in the ESXi hostd logs.