Could not write in the disk scsi0:0 (Error: '-1')

  • KM01123583
  • 21-Aug-2014
  • 21-Aug-2014

Summary

When SAN environment is set without LAN, restoring VMs with SAN transportation mode shows ignorable warnings in session report.

Error

[Warning] From: VEPALIB_VMWARE@ma1 "/DataCenter1"  Time: 2014/07/03 16:52:53
        Could not write in the disk scsi0:0 (Error: '-1')

Cause

Metadata write is not supported for HotAdd and SAN transport.

Fix

The workaround is to close the disk from HotAdd or SAN mode, reopen the disk using NBD or NBDSSL mode, then call VixDiskLib_WriteMetadata.
Please refer the document from VMware.

https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk-550-releasenotes.html