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Host Profiles reports error: Hosts do not have shared datastores (2010671)

Symptoms

  • The cluster on the vCenter 5.0 Profile Compliance tab for a HA/DRS cluster (made up solely of ESX or ESXi 4.x hosts) appears as non-compliant, and displays this warning: 

    Cluster Compliance Against Cluster Requirements
    Hosts do not have shared datastores
     
  • The vCenter Server vpxd logs displays messages similar to:
2011-11-09T10:09:06.930Z [09352 info 'Default' opID=9C408695-000000C7] [MoHostProfile::CheckCompliance] Entity domain-c75 is not compliant with profile Default_DRS_HA_FT, failure seen (vim.profile.ComplianceResult.ComplianceFailure) [
--> (vim.profile.ComplianceResult.ComplianceFailure) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> failureType = "NoSharedDatastore",
--> message = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> key = "com.vmware.vim.profile.ComplianceFailure.NoSharedDatastore.label",
--> message = "Hosts do not have shared datastores",
--> },
--> expressionName = "SharedDatastorePresent",
--> }
--> ]
 
  • The vCenter Server PyVmomiServer.log (%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\PyVmomiServer.log displays messages similar to:
[2011-11-09 10:09:06,813 root DEBUG] validateCluster: SharedDatastorePresent
[2011-11-09 10:09:06,813 root DEBUG] Volume 4e5f7ad6-ff4f52a8-1002-1cc1de17104a is not mounted
[2011-11-09 10:09:06,813 root DEBUG] Volume 4e9453bf-e7aead7e-5b5d-0025b3b1f5ac is not mounted
[2011-11-09 10:09:06,813 root DEBUG] Volume 4e9453d8-47460fb9-e835-0025b3b1f5ac is not mounted
[2011-11-09 10:09:06,816 root DEBUG] Volume 4e9452da-63961297-afc9-0025b3b1f5ac is not mounted
[2011-11-09 10:09:06,816 root DEBUG] Expression failed compliance test on SharedDatastorePresent

Resolution

This is a known issue. A workaround is currently unavailable.

For vCenter Server 5.0 customers, HA/DRS clusters exclusively made up of legacy ESX/ESXi 4.x hosts,will always be reported as non-compliant, even if they are in fact compliant.
 
This compliance warning message can be safely ignored.
 

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