Table 35 VMware failure scenarios (continued)
Failure effectFault stimulus
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. Cannot reload driver,
need to reboot system, fsck should be run on any failed disks before
remounting.
Controller failure
Short term: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long term: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. Cannot reload driver,
need to reboot system, fsck should be run on any failed disks before
remounting.
Controller restart
Short: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. HBA driver must be reloaded
before failed drives can be recovered, fsck should be run on any failed
drives before remounting.
Server path failure
Short: I/O suspended, possible data loss.
Long: I/O halts with I/O errors, data loss. HBA driver must be reloaded
before failed drives can be recovered, fsck should be run on any failed
drives before remounting.
Storage path failure
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