Japan reports vCenter storage outage

- Japanese administrators reported vCenter and ESXi outages traced to dead LUN paths, VMFS kernel panics, and storage controller failures that took VMs offline. - Reports named dead LUN paths and VMFS panics as root causes, and noted no spare disks or delayed maintenance budgets worsened recovery times. - The incidents show maintenance debt can bring vSphere management down fast, affecting production VMs and backups. (x.com)