Windows machine reporting Event ID 129 and 153 intermittently.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• Multiple Windows machine reports Event ID with 129 and 153 intermittently in the Event viewer.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Performance of the Virtual machines are affected during the same time.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Cause

Issue is caused due to connectivity issue between the ESXi hosts and the Storage array.

From /var/run/log/vobd.log from ESXi host, there are heartbeat timeout events during the same timestamp when the Event 129/153 reported from the Windows OS.

2026-05-21T01:47:01.712Z In(14) vobd[2097861]:  [vmfsCorrelator] 6235306432678us: [vob.vmfs.heartbeat.timedout] ########-########-####-############ <Datastore_name>
2026-05-21T01:47:01.712Z In(14) vobd[2097861]:  [vmfsCorrelator] 6235975761142us: [esx.problem.vmfs.heartbeat.timedout] ########-########-####-############ <Datastore_name>
2026-05-21T01:47:01.712Z In(14) vobd[2097861]:  The event ([esx.problem.vmfs.heartbeat.timedout] ########-########-####-############ (<Datastore_name>) was sent immediately to hostd;
2026-05-21T01:47:15.735Z In(14) vobd[2097861]:  [vmfsCorrelator] 6235320454735us: [vob.vmfs.heartbeat.recovered] Reclaimed heartbeat for volume ########-########-####-############ (<Datastore_name>): [Timeout] [HB state abcdef02 offset 4165632 gen 5 stampUS 6235320454233 uuid ########-########-####-############ jrnl <FB 5> drv 24.82]

From /var/run/log/vmkernel logs from the ESXi host, there are frequent nfnic aborts on the hosts.

2026-05-21T01:46:37.633Z Wa(180) vmkwarning: cpu15:3855454)WARNING: nfnic: <2>: fnic_abort_cmd: 3866: Abort for cmd tag: 0x35b in pending state
2026-05-21T01:46:37.633Z In(182) vmkernel: cpu43:3852465)nfnic: <2>: INFO: fnic_taskMgmt: 2236: TaskMgmt abort sc->cdb: 0xf1 sllid: 0xffffffffffffffff
2026-05-21T01:46:37.633Z In(182) vmkernel: cpu43:3852465)nfnic: <2>: INFO: fnic_abort_cmd: 3851: Abort cmd called for Tag: 0x35b  issued time: 8001 ms CMD_STATE: FNIC_IOREQ_ABTS_PENDING CDB Opcode: 0xf1  sc:0x45b9a5864e80 flags: 0x43 lun: 4 target: 0x912100
2026-05-21T01:46:37.633Z Wa(180) vmkwarning: cpu43:3852465)WARNING: nfnic: <2>: fnic_abort_cmd: 3862: Abort for cmd tag: 0x35b already issued
2026-05-21T01:46:37.633Z Wa(180) vmkwarning: cpu43:3852465)WARNING: ScsiPath: 9326: Failed TaskMgmt abort for cmdId.initiator=0x430881fbb600 CmdSN 0xbfd22, status Status pending, path vmhba2:C0:T12:L4

Resolution

1. Fix the connectivity between the ESXi hosts and the Storage array
   
   
2. Upgrade the HBA driver firmware to the latest supported version as Broadcom compatibility guide.