VDI 3.1 cloning fail if one esx from a cluster is in maintenance mode

Question

hi
i have a vsphere cluster with 2 esx included and ha and drm enabled
if one of the esx is in maintenance mode the cloning job failes but with a misleading error message
INFO: Datastore 'Sun Storage 1' is not available for cloning, it is disconnected or in maintenance mode
i see here 2 bugs
1) the wrong error message cause the datastore is neither disconnected nor in maintenance mode
2) cloning should still possible if one esx server is not available
br
Andre

Answer 1

Hi login,
It should be possible. You will need to route the output of the counter to a specific RTSI line and then use that line as the sample clock by the MIO board. The function you will want to use to route the counter output to the RTSI bus is the Route Signal.vi in LabVIEW or the Select_Signal() in NI-DAQ function calls. You will want to use constants such as ND_GPCTR[x]_OUTPUT where [x] is the counter number and ND_RTSI_[x] where [x] is the RTSI line number. Your source is the counter output and your signal is the RTSI line of choice.
Similarly, for the MIO card, you will want to route the RTSI line to the AI Scan Start to route to your scan clock. The constant for this should be ND_IN_SCAN_START and it should be the signal value while your RTSI s
hould be the source.
The point is you will need to route the signal for both cards which amounts to 2 calls (or 2 VIs). Anyway, hope that helps. Have a good day.
Ron
Applications Engineering
National Instruments