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2V0-621 · Question #179

When attempting to place a datastore in Maintenance Mode, the task remains at 1%. What are two potential causes for this? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Storage DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machine(s) disk(s). B. Storage DRS rules prevent migration recommendations for the disk. A datastore Maintenance Mode task stalls at 1% when Storage DRS cannot generate or execute the migration recommendations needed to fully evacuate the datastore.

Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage

Question

When attempting to place a datastore in Maintenance Mode, the task remains at 1%. What are two potential causes for this? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AStorage DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machine(s) disk(s).
  • BStorage DRS rules prevent migration recommendations for the disk.
  • CStorage DRS datastores have insufficient space to accommodate failover.
  • DStorage DRS provisioning network has been limited with I/O control policies.

How the community answered

(62 responses)
  • A
    58% (36)
  • C
    27% (17)
  • D
    15% (9)

Why each option

A datastore Maintenance Mode task stalls at 1% when Storage DRS cannot generate or execute the migration recommendations needed to fully evacuate the datastore.

AStorage DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machine(s) disk(s).Correct

When Storage DRS is disabled at the individual VM disk level via SDRS overrides, that disk is excluded from automatic migration, preventing full evacuation of the datastore and causing the Maintenance Mode task to stall indefinitely.

BStorage DRS rules prevent migration recommendations for the disk.Correct

Storage DRS intra-cluster affinity or anti-affinity rules can prohibit placing a VM disk on any other available datastore, blocking the migration recommendation needed to empty the datastore and complete Maintenance Mode.

CStorage DRS datastores have insufficient space to accommodate failover.

Insufficient free space on destination datastores would prevent specific migrations and trigger capacity warnings, but it is not identified as a root cause of the task specifically stalling at 1% rather than failing outright.

DStorage DRS provisioning network has been limited with I/O control policies.

Storage I/O Control policies govern I/O prioritization and latency thresholds for active workloads and do not restrict the storage provisioning path in a way that would cause a Maintenance Mode task to freeze at 1%.

Concept tested: Storage DRS Maintenance Mode evacuation blockers

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-5776C9F7-7F1A-4E0B-91DB-1F2C1F71B92A.html

Topics

#Storage DRS#datastore maintenance mode#SDRS rules#migration recommendations

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